BMC Administrator - Remote

GoAhead Solutions has a great opportunity for a BMC Administrator in Columbus, OH(Remote). This would be a Six plus month contract to start out. This would be a full remote position, and prefer local Candidates to Ohio. This would be a 3rd Shift position (11pm to 8am), and must work every Saturday, Sunday and Occasional holidays.

Job Description:

-Schedule includes every weekend (Saturday and Sunday), as well as some holidays will be required (holidays will be on a rotational basis). This will only be a few times per year, paid at straight time.

-Manage, monitor, and analyze mainframe and distributed systems batch workload, job abends and communicate with programmers to resolve issues.

-Experience with BMC Control-M/EM is a mandatory requirement.

-Manage batch workload in a Production Control environment for both mainframe and distributed/client-server applications.

-Identify and fix common abends, alert support staff when problems develop, escalate issues to management when SLA's may be jeopardized, and document all issues in writing (via ServiceNow tickets: Incidents & Incident Tasks).

Mandatory Skills:

-Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills are required.

-Efficient in using BMC Control-M for managing batch jobs.

-Efficient in using BMC Enterprise Manager or managing batch jobs.

-Skill in managing batch workload on AJF for both mainframe and client server applications.

-Expertise in identifying abends and using JCL to fix those abends.

-Capacity to analyze alert messages and/or shout messages to determine severity, and follow escalation procedures when SLA's may be jeopardized.

-Ability to clearly and effectively communicate verbally to support staff when problems develop.

-Ability to clearly and effectively communicate in writing a summation of a problem with pertinent details.

-Proficient in using TSO/ISPF to analyze status and identify issues with batch jobs.

-Capability to recognize server problems by utilizing Nagios, IP Monitor and Tivoli.

Certifications/Desired Skills:

-Expert ability to analyze and manage batch workload on AJF for both mainframe and client server applications by using both BMC Control-M and EM tools respectively.

-Expert level in identifying and fixing common abends using JCL.

-Familiarity with batch job alert messages and shout messages coupled with the ability to determine severity, follow escalation procedures when SLA's may be jeopardized.

-Ability to clearly and effectively communicate verbally to support staff when problems develop.

-Ability to clearly and effectively communicate in writing a summation of a problem with pertinent details.

-Familiarity of system tools (i.e. Nagios, IP Monitor, Tivoli, Time Sharing Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF), Job Control Language (JCL), and BMC's Control-M/Enterprise Manager or similar job scheduling tools.

-Familiarity with ServiceNow Incidents & Tasks.