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Pre-Sales Support and Implementation Specialist

Based: North America

CIRCLE Computer Group is the global leader in transparent software solutions to facilitate IBM mainframe migration from IMS/DB and VSAM to DB2.

Rapid expansion of our business in North America sees us needing to recruit a technical specialist to provide pre-sales support to our North American sales organisation and to assist with post-sales implementation and customer training.

The position will report to our Global Product Manager for transparency solutions, but will work closely on a day to day basis with our Business Development Manager for North America.

Salary and benefits are negotiable according to experience.

Extensive travel throughout North America (and to the UK) will be a pre-requisite for this position, and the position will be home based, so location is largely irrelevant.

Job Requirements:
Pre-sales experience is an advantage, though not essential, but the successful candidate will be highly experienced in mainframe software environments, particularly DB2, but also CICS, IMS, VSAM etc.

If you are interested, please send your resume to migration@circle-group.com

Senior WebSphere on z/OS administrator

Blue Cross Blue Shield (HCSC) is looking for Sr. WebSphere on z/OS administrator. This position is for WebSphere on z/OS (WASz) team, which is currently 4 people, plus 2 open positions (manager and Sr. technician).

We have 50 WASz servers to support in a Cluster configuration across LPARs, using MQ Queue Sharing and DB2 Data sharing and many failover features in place. 1st of 12 planned implementations, using WASz, is going live in 2 weeks.

Technical Specialist-Messg Svs (Websphere Application Server (WAS) Administrator on z/OS)

Basic Function:
Senior level team member within the Websphere Application Server (WAS) technical support team to include the system programming support, installation, configuration and maintenance of the Websphere environment on the zServer/z/OS platform. Additional duties include the evaluation and integration of new technologies; advanced support issues to insure high availability; coordination and communication; and coinsuring compliance with all policies, principles and directives.

Job Requirements:

4 years of systems programming experience on the z/OS platform supporting Websphere Application Server (WAS) with a bachelors degree in computer science OR 6 years of systems programming experience on the z/OS platform supporting Websphere Application Server (WAS);
4 years experience within a Websphere Application Server (WAS) technical support team providing system programming, installation, configuration, maintenance and general production support;
Demonstrated experience with evaluation and integration of new technologies within a WAS support environment.

Preferred Job Requirements:

4 years experience with Websphere Application Server (WAS) on multiple platform;
4 years experience supporting MQ Series on multiple platforms.

CICS and/or MVS system background is a big plus.

This position can be located in Waukegan or Chicago office. If you are interested, please send your resume to Elena_Nanos@bcbsil.com

Senior Level IMS DBA

Dedicated Technologies, Inc. is an IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. Our continued growth has led to an opening for a Senior Level IMS DBA.

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE:

8 years experience in IMS batch and on-line performance monitoring and tuning techniques
2 years experience with TSO/ISPF on-line editor
5 years IMS database analysis experience using IMS/DB/DC with DBRC/IRLM block level sharing

Each offered candidate meeting the three mandatory requirements above will be a PLUS to have skills from the list below:

2 years experience using BMC database administration tools in an IMS environment
5 years experience acting as a senior database administrator team lead on an IMS database project where one of the team lead project assignments lasted a minimum of one year
5 years experience leading large, complex database design projects where there were minimums of 50 – 100 hierarchical direct access method (HDAM) databases using secondary indexes, logical relationships, VSAM & OSAM access methods.
5 years of system analysis design involving hierarchical direct access method (HDAM) database.
8 years of IMS database design and programming experience
2 years experience administering IMS version 9.0 or higher
2 years of Software Configuration Language Management (SCLM) experience
3 years experience using ERWIN , CA Repository, Model Mart, or other modeling tools
2 years experience using Omegamon
3 years experience programming in COBOL
3 years experience administering database partitioning or dataset grouping for IMS databases
2 years experience administering high availability databases (HALDB)
3 years administering hardware/software compression
3 years using system managed storage (SMS)
3 years using IBM’s Data Dictionary
2 years experience using Dimensions by Serena as a problem management system
2 years experience providing IMS database support using RMF.

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