sr. z/vm and zlinux systems programmer

sr. z/vm and zlinux systems programmer.

• eden prairie , minnesota (remote)

• posted april 22, 2024

job details

summary

• $60 - $75 per hour

• contract

• no requirements

• category computer and mathematical occupations

• reference1049625

job details

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 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 meet the needs of the customers

• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to:

• Develop roadmaps for their respective technology portfolios

• Resolve cross-system and domain dependencies

• Ensure effective integration among the services offered to the end customer

• Ensure efficient usage of infrastructure and operational platforms

• Monitor technological advancements and industry trends to influence company standards and ensure that solutions are continuously improved and maintained through product management practices, including recommendations to invest in a solution or retirement of redundant or out-of-date systems

• Understand the interactions between systems, the applications and services hosted, and evaluate the impact of changes and additions

• Perform analysis on existing systems to ensure performance and reliability, enhance scalability, meet security requirements, and interoperable and maintainable technology portfolio

qualifications

• Experience level: Experienced

• Minimum 5 years of experience

• Education: No Degree Required

skills

• Linux

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