Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
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Your role and responsibilities
As part of IBM zCloud resource pool, supporting multiple zCloud Offering Clients We are looking for a zOS System Programmer with Bureau of the Fiscal Service Experience to support multiple zCloud Clients. Primary tasks being MVS systems programming activities such as system security compliance to Federal government Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG), system performance, problem determination and resolution, and RACF/ACF2/Top Secret security administration and System Automation support.
Other day to day activities include:
- Managing tasks in ServiceNow (SNOW) creating change requests for implementation and peer reviewing changes
- Knowledge of mainframe storage and backup
- Hands on experience of IBM mainframe IPL processes managing multiple z/OS LPARs as required by the client
- Hands on experience working on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Mainframe environments
- Assist systems programmers in the design and management of ACF2 / RACF for all regions and LPARs
- Execute regulatory and operational control activities related to user provisioning, de-provisioning and access re-certification
- Monitoring and managing security reporting ensuring systems are compliant
- Defining and validating data encryption methods and security requirements
- Perform systems planning, installation/decommission, configuration/customization, and patching
- Reporting for MVS, familiar with security reports
- MVS system level parameters and user ID definition process
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Experience supporting the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Mainframe Environment
- 10+ years of experience installing, customizing, and maintaining z/OS operating system
- 5+ years of experience Supporting a stabilized IBM mainframe system environment
- Experienced with SMP/E and Mainframe Software Maintenance with performance, problem determination and resolution skills
Preferred technical and professional experience
• A strong curiosity about our clients' business needs, coupled with a passion to stay on the cutting edge. • Consulting skills including team building, flexibility, and client-facing skills. • Ability to demonstrate skills in analysis, design, implementation, and development process. • Current experience supporting Mainframe customers • Experience supporting the Bureau of thConsulting skills including team building, flexibility, and client-facing skillsCurrent experience supporting Mainframe customersExperience supporting the Bureau of the Fiscal Service mainframe environments
- Consulting skills including team building, flexibility, and client-facing skills
- Current experience supporting Mainframe customers
- Experience supporting the Bureau of the Fiscal Service mainframe environments
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive benefits program which may include medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, mental health & well being, 8 paid holidays, minimum 56 hours paid sick time, 80 hours paid vacation, life insurance, 401(k), financial counseling, and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.