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About the role
Senior / Lead Mainframe Systems Engineer (z/OS, RACF)
Hybrid – Reston, VA (Need local to client location or close) (Second-round onsite / face-to-face interview required)
Contract-to-Hire
GC and USC
8–10+ years IBM z/OS Systems Engineering in a Sysplex environment with strong RACF security administration , CICS TS, MQ, DB2, ISV installations, IBM System Automation, and Control-M batch scheduling.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree required (In lieu of a degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted)
Experience
8–10+ years supporting IBM z/OS systems in a Sysplex environment
RACF Security Administration – 5–10 years (Critical requirement)
z/OS Systems Programming – 5–10 years
CICS TS Systems Programming – 5–10 years
IBM MQ Systems Programming – 5–10 years
DB2 usage – 5–10 years (Systems programming experience not required)
ISV production installation and support experience
Systems Automation experience (IBM System Automation)
Batch Scheduling experience (Control-M)
Strongly Preferred Skills
Sysplex and ICF configuration and tuning (experience de-coupling Sysplex environments is a plus)
Middleware integration experience with AIX, WebSphere, LDAP, and network interfaces
Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking protocols
Expertise with IBM z16 hardware and Dell/EMC storage subsystems
Pervasive Encryption on z/OS
Ransomware protection and recovery solutioning for mainframe environments
Java / J2EE exposure
DB2/UDB knowledge
Healthcare / Insurance industry experience is a plus
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