Systems Programmer JCL z/OS DB2

OBXtek Inc.

OBXtek is an award winning Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing information technology and management services to the federal government. As the prime contractor on over 85% of its work, OBXtek is a leader in its field and has a robust corporate infrastructure that provides support for all of its programs. OBXtek has realized exceptional growth over the last four years and has been awarded prime contracts with 10 federal agencies. This growth is a result of providing customers with successful project execution and quantifiable results, responsive customer service, timely recruiting, quality assurance/quality control and competitive pricing.Solid Financial Resources and low Employee Turnover (5%)

• Develop, analyze and maintain JCL on the z/OS mainframe operating system. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Deploy application code from the Enterprise Software engineering Facility (ESEF) validation environment to the Programmatic Processing Facility (PPF) Management Information Services Facility (MISF), High Availability Facility (IHAF), High Availability Facility (HAF) and the Windows Development and Production Environment (WDPE), in the integration, training and production environments. This is a daily/ongoing activity that takes about 30 minutes or can span days. It depends on whether the code is maintenance changes or newly developed code.
• Perform DB2 binds and implement CICS and IDMS changes on the z/OS mainframe operating system. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Implement JAVA application code on the Sun Solaris/z/OS UNIX servers. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Manage Time Sharing Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF) Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files and utilize IBM utilities to create and update JCL procedures in support of the migration, restructuring and maintenance of data including the file integrity of all data. This is a sporadic duty done on an as needed basis.
• Independently install and maintain Hierarchical File System (HFS) and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) for UNIX System Services file storage systems. This is required on an as needed basis.
• Develop, analyze and maintain JCL to support deployments of JAVA-based code on the WebSphere z/OS platform. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Independently install and maintain WebSphere Application Server (WAS) code on the Sun Solaris platform. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Independently install and maintain WAS z/OS code via UNIX System Services.
• Update and configure WebSphere MQ application code. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Perform Dialog manager, CLIST and JCL updates to support daily and weekly software migration activities. This required on an as needed basis.
• Migrate and deploy application code through the SSA SDLC lifecycle i.e., integration, training, acceptance testing and production environments. This is a daily/ongoing activity.
• Independently install, maintain and trouble shoot Windows .net deployments and installs. This is a new process and is required on an as needed basis but the workload will to increase.
• Update and maintain the component’s SharePoint Site. (Maintaining most recent work procedures, production documents and to update work requests) This activity is sporadic and required as needed.
• Document and update the migration and installation of the application code, when requested via the Online Software Release Form (OSRF), an OTSO/DIET software audit tool. This is a daily/ongoing activity.

10 years of IT experience