IBM Z Mainframe Engineer

About Us:

Atlas Systems Inc. is a Software Solutions company headquartered in East Brunswick, NJ. Incorporated in 2003, Atlas provides comprehensive range of solutions in the area of GRC, Technology, Procurement, Healthcare Provider and Oracle to customers across the globe. Combining our unparalleled experience of over a decade in the software industry and global reach, we have grown with extensive capabilities across industry verticals. For more information, please visit our website https://www.atlassystems.com/ Please click on the link below to apply for this position: https://atlas.bamboohr.com/careers/532 Job Summary Company provides comprehensive hosted services for retail brokerage customers' end-to-end business operations. The core of these services runs on multiple IBM Parallel Sysplex environments utilizing IBM's DB2 z/OS in a high-performance, highly-available data-sharing configuration. This DB2 Systems Administrator Team Lead role is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and administration of the DB2 z/OS subsystem and associated support products to support the demands of the fast-paced, time-critical financial trading industry. Essential Responsibilities Installation/maintenance of IBM DB2 z/OS software and related 3rd-party products utilizing SMP/E. This includes working with IBM and other vendors to address product defects, issues, and usage questions. Configuration of DB2 groups and subsystems in SYSPLEX data-sharing environment, supporting IBM CICS, batch COBOL, and distributed access applications. Perform problem analysis and resolution, both technical and application related Performance and capacity tuning of system parameters and resources, utilizing various monitoring and reporting tools. Responsible for DB2 availability and recovery strategies and procedures. Documentation of policies and procedures in compliance with

ISO 27002

standards. Provide mentoring and cross-functional collaboration with business units. Provide secondary and level 2 support for the DBA staff on system issues, application. performance and overall DB2 issues, including being comfortable with high-pressure, time-sensitive environments. Qualifications 12+ years IBM System Z experience and concepts, with considerable knowledge in the following:

SMP/E IBM DB2

utilities, BMC Mainview for DB2 and BMC Tool Suite for DB2, particularly Detector, Subsystem analyzer, Apptune, AMI Reorg and AMI Unload/Load Experience with DB2 z/OS as a distributed server FLASH technology, DASD replication techniques z/OS Storage management RACF security management w/DB2 z/OS Coupling Facility Networking concepts (IP, SNA) WLM concepts USS - z/OS UNIX System Services 'For-Bit' Data structures REXX application programming 7+ years IBM DB2 experience, with advanced knowledge in the following: Bufferpool/memory management DB2 internal structures (RID, EDM, BPs, etc.) Tablespace/Page structures / UTS Backup/recovery/logging facilities and strategies DB2 locking

ZPARMS DB2

tracing/IFCIDs Experience in problem determination and analysis Analytical / critical / "outside-the-box" thinking in problem solving, especially in possible critical, high-pressure situations. Additional Skills A Plus Informatica PowerExchange & IDMC Java, web services, SOA concepts Application DBA Responsibilities DB2-AI and Cloud Modernization Technology