Mainframe System Programmer - Hardware Config

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things!  We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. Honesty, reliability, curiosity, collaboration, and passion are the key to achieving our purpose.

Responsibilities

• Perform new CEC setup activities
• HMC controls, POR/IML, STP procedures
• Perform CEC upgrades/migration
• New LPAR definition and workload migration from one CEC to another
• IO Config changes for storage server refresh
• Participation in Project Planning meetings as technical expert for configuration issues
• Envision multiple alternative solutions and negotiate best possible choices.
• Work together with Performance & Capacity Management teams to ensure adequate resources are installed, allocated and available.
• Knowledge of all installs/deinstalls of all CPU/Network/I/O devices in the Mainframe environment
• Provide recommendations to customers regarding backup and recovery considerations
• Provide recommendations to customers regarding redundancy and high availability configuration

Technical Skills

• Ability to conceptualize, design, plan and build very complex logical and physical I/O configurations including sites involving GDPS
• Ability to use HCD dialog panels and Input Output Definition File (IODF) for creating and using I/O Definitions
• Participation in Problem determination, diagnostics and help other teams in resolving a problem involving the Z hardware
• Participation in DR exercise planning and execution
• Pre-stage all I/O gens, Performs dynamic gens as needed
• Mainframe attached Ficon director ownership
• Maintain knowledge of product capabilities, future possibilities and determine gaps between current state and desired state and develop plans to achieve

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.    

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Two health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.

If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email USTalentAcquisition@ensono.com.