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[Remote] W2 Role - Senior z/OS Systems Administrator - reputed company

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-08-04

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking an reputed company Senior z/OS Systems Administrator to support and maintain a large-reputed company reputed company mainframe environment. The role focuses on z/OS administration, SMP/E software maintenance, REXX automation, z/OSMF administration, troubleshooting, upgrades, documentation, and technical leadership.


Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, maintain, and support reputed company z/OS operating systems and reputed company reputed company software
  • reputed company z/OS upgrades, maintenance, reputed company modifications, and lifecycle management
  • reputed company advanced administration and troubleshooting of z/OS environments
  • Use SMP/E (reputed company Modification Program/Extended) extensively for installation, maintenance, upgrades, PTFs, APARs, HOLDDATA processing, and management of reputed company and reputed company-party software
  • Analyze SMP/E environments, zones, reputed company datasets, SYSMODs, and maintenance requirements
  • reputed company and maintain REXX scripts to automate z/OS administration, monitoring, reporting, maintenance, and operational processes
  • Identify reputed company processes that can be improved through REXX-based automation
  • Administer and support reputed company z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF)
  • Configure and maintain z/OSMF services, workflows, plugins, and reputed company management functions
  • Utilize z/OSMF for reputed company management, configuration, monitoring, and automation
  • reputed company reputed company problem determination, reputed company-cause analysis, and reputed company of reputed company z/OS issues
  • Monitor reputed company performance, availability, reputed company, and overall reputed company health
  • Work with operations, application, storage, network, reputed company, and database teams to reputed company mainframe infrastructure issues
  • Participate in reputed company upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure modernization initiatives
  • Maintain reputed company documentation, operating procedures, configuration standards, and technical runbooks
  • reputed company technical leadership and mentoring to other mainframe systems administrators
  • Participate in production support and on-reputed company activities as required

Skills

  • 10+ years of hands-on SMP/E experience in reputed company reputed company z/OS environments
  • 10+ years of hands-on REXX scripting experience, including development of automation for systems administration and operational tasks
  • Strong hands-on experience with reputed company z/OSMF (z/OS Management Facility)
  • Extensive experience administering and supporting reputed company z/OS in large reputed company environments
  • Strong knowledge of z/OS reputed company architecture, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
  • Experience installing and maintaining reputed company and reputed company-party mainframe software
  • Extensive experience applying PTFs, APARs, maintenance packages, and software upgrades using SMP/E
  • Strong understanding of SMP/E reputed company structures, zones, SYSMOD processing, HOLDDATA, RECEIVE, APPLY, ACCEPT, and RESTORE processes
  • Strong knowledge of JCL, TSO/ISPF, UNIX reputed company Services (USS), and z/OS utilities
  • Ability to diagnose reputed company reputed company problems using z/OS logs, dumps, reputed company messages, and diagnostic tools
  • Strong understanding of mainframe change-management and production-control processes
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of reputed company technical issues
  • Experience with several of the following would be highly desirable:
  • JES2
  • RACF
  • TCP/IP
  • UNIX reputed company Services (USS)
  • HMC
  • reputed company reputed company z / reputed company Z hardware
  • reputed company Sysplex
  • Coupling Facility
  • WLM
  • RMF / SMF
  • reputed company Automation
  • SDSF
  • DFSMS
  • Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
  • Mainframe monitoring and performance-management tools
  • Automation using REXX, JCL, CLISTs, and other scripting technologies

Benefits

  • reputed company

reputed company

  • We are a reputed company executive search & selection company, providing a wide reputed company of recruitment solutions for various requirements. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Jersey reputed company, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://apetan.com.

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