System Programmer

Seeking a System Programmer Analyst for a long term contract (minimum 12 months) opportunity located in Columbia, SC. This is a hybrid position, candidate must be willing / able to commute to Columbia. This position is a traditional day shift role 8a-5p. However, OT will be required when disaster recovery exercises are performed. OT hours may range from 12 hours up to 24 hours and include weekends. There will be a minimum of 4 disaster recovery exercises a year which require extended hours. No C2C candidate

What Will You Do In This Role:

Day to day operation is supporting the Main Frame z/OS to include updating JCL.

Monitoring system logs via SDFS. Preparation for disaster recovery exercises to include several weekly meetings

During the recoveries requires to recovery the z/OS and other applications as outlined in runbook

Managing hardware/software support licenses to include submitting purchase requisitions.

NOT LOOKING FOR: This position is not for an entry level programmer this person should be a self-starter and already know how to maintain and support a main frame system.

Required Work Experience:

6 Years IT work experience including varied systems programming experience.

Required Technologies:

z/OS

JCL

SDSF

Dataset management

Preferred Technologies:

Knowledge of DASD management

z/OS HMC management

APF knowledge

DB2, CICS, MQ, BMC MF applications

About The Team:

This team is dedicated to supporting the external customer acting as a secondary portability and disaster recovery site. Currently there are 4 team members one manager. We support distributed and main frame systems.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Information Systems, or other job related field or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree.