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Ensono Mainframe System Programmer – Hardware Config in Chennai, India
Mainframe System Programmer – Hardware ConfigChennai, IndiaJR010603
About Us (Ensono)
Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.
We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.
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
JR010603