Sr. z/VM and zLinux Systems Programmer - Randstad USA

job summary:

Required skills:

• Manage the z/VM and zLinux infrastructure/operational platforms to ensure optimal performance and availability
  
  
• Respond to and resolve infrastructure incidents
  
  
• Design and build solutions to support business systems
  
  
• Analyze, Design, Build, and implement the migration from the z/VM and zLinux platform to the LinuxOne KVM platform
  
  
• Serve as a recognized expert in the following areas - Provide guidance, troubleshooting and answers complex questions related to these areas:
  
  
  • Scope, Size & Complexity of work along with the identification of "blast radius/ impact"
    
    
  • Infrastructure Platform Management:
    
    
    • Apply understanding of infrastructure/operational platform to support/optimize business applications/systems
      
      
    • Ensure platform performance/availability
      
      
    • Write, debug and test automation code
      
      
    • Engineer foundational components for IaaS & PaaS
      
      
    • Design and engineer infrastructure systems in support of the business systems
  • Serve as a recognized expert in the following areas
    
    
    • Engineering Principles
      
      
      • Design, build, test and adapt solutions that optimize environment and meet evolving needs of customers and business, leveraging and anticipating modern technologies
        
        
      • Support continuous integration; continuous delivery environment (CICD)
        
        
      • Focus on customer and desired business outcomes in the design and build of solutions
        
        
      • Consider security, scalability, reliability & feasibility in solution design
        
        
      • Consider integrations and impacts on other systems in deployment of solutions
        
        
      • Continually seek out opportunities to automate solutions
        
        
      • Write, debug, test and deploy code to create working solution
    • Technology Acumen:
      
      
      • Seek out and apply the standards, concepts & functionality of all technology/systems between technologies
        
        
      • Possess breadth of knowledge spanning all bodies of technologies, e.g., databases, middleware, OS, etc.
        
        
      • Consider interdependencies of various technologies in analyses and solutions
        
        
      • Research industry trends and impact on function/business
    • Analytical
      
      
      • Interpret meaning through the identification and study of patterns
        
        
      • Gather facts/data to inform decision making
        
        
      • Identify cause and effect relationships between known variables
        
        
      • Identify applicable information to inform analysis
        
        
      • Conduct thorough examination of relevant data
        
        
      • Identify and evaluate varying perspectives
        
        
      • Interpret information and draw conclusions
    • Troubleshooting
      
      
      • Apply a systematic approach to confirm, identify and resolve system issues
        
        
      • Confirm presenting issue
        
        
      • Apply problem-solving techniques to isolate root-cause
        
        
      • Identify and verify workable solution
    • Quality Management
      
      
      • Understand and incorporates quality principles to ensure optimal performance, impact and experience
        
        
      • Follow quality control guidelines & practices
        
        
      • Balance business impact, user experience and performance in development of system designs and solutions
        
        
      • Continually seek opportunities to improve solutions, processes and performance

 
location: TELECOMMUTE, Minnesota
job type: Contract
salary: $60 - 75 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: No Degree Required
 
responsibilities:

• Design, engineer, and manage the organization's z/VM and zLinux ]infrastructure and operational platforms
  
  
• Design, implement and enable IaaS and PaaS services for the business community
  
  
• Must understand functional and non-functional requirements to ensure they can be achieved through system design and engineering to