Infra Mainframe Consultant

We are looking for a skilled Mainframe Support Engineer with strong expertise in batch operations, JCL, and production support. The candidate will be responsible for monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting batch processing activities in a Mainframe environment, ensuring smooth and timely execution of scheduled jobs. The role involves analyzing job failures, performing root cause analysis, executing recovery procedures, and collaborating with application and infrastructure teams to resolve production issues. The ideal candidate should possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and be capable of independently driving issue resolution while adhering to incident management processes.

1.Strong knowledge mainframe operations or development, with a strong focus on JCL and batch processing.
2.Good knowledge and understanding of COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS database
3.Monitor and manage daily, weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc batch processing operations, ensuring timely completion of scheduled jobs.
4.Initiate, track, and control batch job execution using Scheduling tools.
5.Analyze batch job failures , performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
6.Troubleshoot JCL errors, application-related issues, and system-level problems affecting batch processing.
7.Perform restarts and recoveries of failed batch jobs as per defined procedures .
8.Proficiency in JCL programming and debugging.
9.Knowledge of incident management processes and tools (e.g., Service Now).
10.Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills and able to drive the things on own
11.Need to have Service Now, Jira, TWS scheduler, Control-M tool knowledge

Strong experience in Mainframe Operations and/or Development environments.
Proficiency in JCL (Job Control Language) programming, debugging, and troubleshooting.
Good knowledge of:
COBOL
CICS
DB2
IMS Database
Experience in monitoring and managing batch processing cycles (daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc).
Hands-on experience with enterprise scheduling tools such as:
TWS (Tivoli Workload Scheduler)
Control-M

Primary Skills: Mainframe, JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB, Service Now, Jira, TWS, Control-M
Secondary Skills: Production Support, Incident Management, Batch Monitoring, ITIL, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Education: Bachelor of Engineering

Preferred skills: Technology->Mainframe Technologies->Mainframe Technologies- ALL,Technology->Mainframe Technologies->COBOL->COBOL II,Technology->Mainframe Technologies->CICS,Technology->Mainframe Technologies->IMS DB,Technology->Infrastructure Security->Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM)