Systems Admin Sr. Specialist Advisor

• Perform technical reviews of proposed changes to the NTT environment
• Provide technical expertise during high severity incidents
• Review Technical Support incidents on a regular basis for completeness and prevention
• Provide thought leadership as it relates to in-house suggested improvements, as well as reviewing our 3rd party’s recommendations
• Participate in all Mainframe related projects (upgrades, migrations, etc.)
• Provide technical support to the NTT Security Team.
• Maintain BCDR documentation for the Mainframe platforms

• Typically requires 10+ years relevant experience
• Undergraduate/bachelor’s degree
• Requires 10+ years’ experience/proficiency with Mainframe DB2 Systems software
• Experience installing DB2 using SMP/E
• Installation, customization, testing, and maintenance for DB2
• Installation, customization, testing, and maintenance for IBM/ISV program products
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Project management experience and leadership skills
• Requires 10 years of experience in DB2 performance and tuning
• Advanced problem determination skills
• Mainframe processor and storage hardware knowledge
• Mainframe disaster recovery expertise
• Mainframe data backup/replication skills
• Knowledgeable TCP/IP architecture and communications hardware
• SMS pool setup and management experience
• Experience with performance analysis and performance problem determination skills
• In depth knowledge of systems architecture, internal processes, and interdependencies
• Excellent customer-facing skills. (At a technical and layman’s level).

Proficiency in supporting z/OS, JES2, CICS or RACF is a plus