Mainframe System Programmer - Part time Contractor
SailPoint
IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 10+ years of enterprise System Administrator experience required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience with Mainframe z/OS, RACF, ACF2, and TSS is essential.
- Great culture and fun‑loving work environment.
- Opportunity to work with IBM’s cloud‑hosted z/OS development environments.
- Equal opportunity employer with accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
Role overview
SailPoint Technologies, a leader in Identity and Access Management, is seeking a Mainframe System Programmer to support critical mainframe infrastructure on IBM’s cloud‑hosted z/OS environments. This professional‑level role involves maintenance, security, and availability of mainframe systems while collaborating with Product Engineering and IT teams.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the ongoing maintenance, security, and availability of Mainframe systems set up on IBM’s cloud‑hosted service providing on‑demand z/OS development and test environments.
- Applies professional‑level technical skill and judgement to provide non‑routine technical support for computer / data center operations.
- Installs, configures, upgrades, tunes, and troubleshoots the Mainframe z/OS operating system; applies PTFs / maintenance via SMP/E; performs Initial Program Loads (IPL); and tunes system parameters.
- Installs and configures Mainframe security products such as RACF, ACF2, and TSS.
- Monitors, tracks, and records system performance and utilization metrics.
- Provides automation solutions for manual, repetitive tasks using scripting and configuration management systems.
- Assists with the installation, configuration, and testing of newer product releases of the SailPoint Mainframe connector.
- Improves the efficiency of, and helps standardize, current processes.
- Determines and documents the root cause of an outage, its duration, and recommendations or steps to resolve issues.
- Provides assistance as required in analysing trends and suggesting long‑term and short‑term improvements.
- Assists in change management processes, implements change requests, and meets project deliverables within defined guidelines.
- Works after hours, including weekends and nights, when required.
- Responds to general inquiries.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
- 10+ years of solid experience working as a System Administrator in an enterprise environment.
- Prior experience maintaining Mainframe z/OS environments and security products such as RACF, ACF2, and TSS.
- Experience installing and configuring the Mainframe z/OS operating system, z/VM, z/PDT and HDISV.
- Experience installing and configuring RACF, ACF2, or TSS.
- Experience in REXX, JCL, and SMP/E.
- Strong understanding of Linux, networking, firewalls, etc.
- Individual should be self‑motivated with the ability to work independently.
- Sound planning, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments in an environment that requires multitasking among concurrent projects.
- Dynamic, hard‑working individual with excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Capable of effectively communicating highly technical information to both technical and non‑technical personnel.
- Strong ability to self‑learn new technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience with TCP/IP programming, IBM/C, or SAS/C will be an added advantage.
Benefits
- Great culture and fun‑loving work environment that is highly motivating and productive.
- Opportunity to work with the best identity team in the world on leading IAM products.
- Equal opportunity employment and support for reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
- Access to cutting‑edge mainframe technologies and IBM’s cloud‑hosted z/OS development and test environments.
Additional details
- SailPoint Technologies is a product‑based IT company in the Identity and Access Management domain, competing with large giants and enabling customers to manage digital identities securely.
- The identity governance platform answers three critical questions: Who has access to what? Who should have access to what? How is that access being used?
- SailPoint helps organizations meet service delivery requirements, improve internal controls, and manage risks associated with access to sensitive data and applications across the enterprise.
- SailPoint’s Mainframe team develops Connectors for the three main security products: RACF, ACF2, and TSS, offered as part of the SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and IdentityIQ products.
- Historically used zPDT environments; now moving to IBM’s cloud‑hosted service (HDISV) for on‑demand z/OS development and test environments.
- SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.
- Alternative methods of applying are available for individuals unable to submit an application through the site because of a disability; contact or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726 for accommodations.
- Note: Unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to the provided email will not be considered for current openings.
- Originally posted on Himalayas.