Introduction
This role is critical for the smooth operation of systems running on IBM's mainframe technology, ensuring that key business processes can run efficiently and reliably.
An IBM Z/OS Hardware and Operating System Administrator is responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing the physical and logical components of IBM Z/OS systems. This role involves ensuring system availability, performance, and security of the mainframe environment, alongside supporting various system functions and configurations.
Your role and responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Automation: Collaborate to use and create as required automation for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of IBM Z/OS hardware components, including servers, storage systems, networking equipment and appropriate operating systems and hypervisors.
- System Management: Oversee the installation, configuration, and maintenance of IBM Z/OS hardware components, including servers, storage systems, networking equipment and appropriate operating systems and hypervisors.
- Performance Monitoring: Regularly monitor system performance and resource utilization, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
- Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve hardware-related issues, coordinating with vendors as necessary for repairs and parts replacement.
- Security Administration: Ensure compliance with security policies, manage user access controls, and implement necessary security measures to safeguard data.
- Capacity Planning: Analyze capacity trends and forecast future hardware requirements to ensure system scalability and optimization.
- Backup and Recovery: Implement robust backup and recovery strategies to protect data and minimize downtime during failures.
- Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, processes, and procedures for training and compliance purposes.
- Collaboration: Work closely with software engineers, network administrators, and IT support teams to integrate hardware systems with software applications and maintain overall system health.
- Updates and Upgrades: Plan and execute hardware upgrades and software patches in coordination with maintenance windows and organizational protocols.
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Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- 8-10 years of experience working with IBM Mainframe systems as a hardware and OS administrator /System Programmer.
- Proven experience with IBM Z/OS systems, mainframe architecture and hardware management.
- Industry experience in working with IBM Z Hardware Management Console (HMC), Dynamic Partition Manager (DPM)
- Experience with python, yaml, Ansible, Terraform
- Real world experience in defining Z Sysplexes , Coupling Structures etc.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of system security best practices and compliance standards
- Familiarity with backup solutions and disaster recovery planning.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Experience with IBM hardware components, such as IBM Z mainframes, storage systems, Tape Systems, Crypto Cards, Ficon Channels, Network Adapters and all other hardware components.
- Certifications related to IBM Z/OS or Mainframe systems
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