Senior Mainframe Computer Operations Engineer

Senior Mainframe Computer Operations Engineer Location: Dallas, TX (1st Shift 06:30 AM to 03:00 PM) This is a Full-time/Permanent Position with our Client (Visa sponsorship is not available for this role) Job Responsibilities: Provide Mainframe computer operations support for systems and applications in a 24/7 multiplex environment. Monitoring Z/OS operation systems, batch jobs and applications in a multiple-plex environments (Production, QA, PSE, DEV and test, sandbox) Provide eyes on glass support for all alerts that enters the Service Now and Splunk dashboards and mainframe consoles. Perform level 1 and 2 support for MQ & CICS issues and working with external/internal clients on MQ connectivity. Provide Major Incident Management and Technical Call support. Provide media storage support. Ship and receive media from offshore storage vendor. Create and maintain Knowledge Base Articles. Provide support on IPLs and other activities using HMC/BMC consoles. Provide batch scheduling support for Mainframe CA-Scheduler and Distributive Autosys job schedulers. Provide UNIX/LINUX support for auto operator commands thru SecuteCRT. Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements to standard processes and procedures. Provide support for migrations, deployments, implementation, changes, external/internal testing. Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing Coordinate weekly Mainframe change activities (deployments, upgrade, migration, installation) Responsible for all aspects of batch processing, including the timeliness of systems availability. Coordinate and participate in planned Disaster Recovery Testing Support automation by making recommendations for optimizing and streamlining daily functions and batch cycles.