Senior Mainframe Systems Admin/Programmer

Norfolk Southern is seeking a highly motivated self-starter as a Senior Mainframe Systems Admin/Programmer to manage the corporate mainframe environment. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, have significant experience with supporting mainframe hardware and software, be familiar with mainframe performance management and tuning, work well with vendors and hardware providers, ramp up quickly on large projects, work independently to understand business needs, and design solutions to produce high availability environments. The candidate’s responsibilities will include both hardware and software support duties, planning for future capacity, execution of projects to implement new hardware and software, and on-call support.

Location: The location of the assignment is in the Atlanta offices at 1200 Peachtree Street. The position is immediately available.

Education: 4-yr College Degree preferably Information Systems or Computer Science

Responsibilities

Install, maintain, & support zOS upgrades and patches
Install, maintain, & support mainframe hardware solutions
Install, maintain, & support mainframe software
Monitor and manage mainframe performance
Coordinate with hardware and software vendors for support and future project work
Budgetary planning for mainframe hardware and software
Create comprehensive documentation, conduct thorough testing, and follow defined change control processes.
Provide support for mission critical application infrastructure and products
Effectively communicate with end-users, application programmers, co-workers, managers, and other stakeholders
Demonstrate a high level of initiative and attention to detail during daily operations

Skills Required

Minimum of 7 years of experience in mainframe systems zOS upgrades
Minimum of 7 years of experience in mainframe hardware support
Minimum of 7 years of experience in mainframe capacity planning and performance tuning
Minimum of 7 years of experience in mainframe third party software installation and support
Minimum of 7 years of experience in Cobol, REXX, assembler, & JES2
Experience using automated unit testing and writing test code
High level of initiative and attention to detail
Familiarity with application build tools
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent customer support skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skills Preferred

Familiarity with Zeke, Zebb, ISPW, TMON, JCLPrep, QuickRef, SAS
Experience with Virtual Tape libraries, infrastructure, and support
Experience working with vendor contracts
Familiarity with HP Service Manager from a user perspective for change, incident, and problem management

Work Conditions

Environment: Office

Shift Work: No

On-Call: Yes

Weekend Work: Yes

Travel Required: 0 – 2 Days per Month,

Company Overview

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 19,500 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial products.

We are a team of more than 28,000 employees working together to maintain our reputation as "The Thoroughbred of Transportation". As an industry leader, Norfolk Southern offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

Norfolk Southern is an equal opportunity employer including veterans and disabled.