Job Title: Systems Programmer III
Location: Columbia, SC (Partial Onsite – at least 3 days per week (Tuesday – Thursday) and as needed.)
Duration: 11 months
 
Note:

• C2 Eligibility is Required
• Credit check is required
• overtime, travel, on call, weekends, off hours As needed
• Work Hours - 8am – 5 pm

 Work Environment:
Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer.
 
Day to Day:

• A typical day for a zVM  administrator usually starts with checking system health—reviewing logs, monitoring alerts, and ensuring servers and critical services are running smoothly.
• By the end of the day, a zVM admin ensures systems are stable, secure, and ready for whatever workloads come next.
• Performs operational support for zVM environment: Work tickets, perform upgrades, participate in disaster recovery exercises.

 
Duties:

• Write or debug programs to maintain and control computer systems software, such as operating systems, networked systems, and database systems.  Provide technical and disaster recovery support for systems software.
• 40% Research and analyze systems software problems and implement workable solutions or escalate as appropriate.
• 40% Install, test, and maintain systems software including installing updates, upgrades, and patches, initiating tests of system programs and observing results to detect errors or work stoppage, and modifying code to correct errors.
• 10% Assist in internal and external audits being performed across multiple lines of business for multiple platforms.
• 5% Participate in planning and execution of disaster recovery procedures.
• 5% Cross train in all areas of systems programming in order to efficiently perform on-call rotation.
   

Team Name: zVM and zLinux
Team:

• 2-3 people specific to zVM but part of a larger 14 person team.

 
Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.
• Comprehension of advanced data storage techniques, basic database philosophy, database management, and advanced programming techniques.
• Understand the requirements for maintaining production systems and the effect of systems changes.
• Solid understanding of currently utilized programming productivity tools and their use.
• Solid understanding of quality assurance and implementation strategies of systems software.
• Able to acquire knowledge of programming languages and tools used in the department.
• Able to analyze software specifications for completeness and compatibility with operation systems.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Information Systems, or other job related field or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree

 
Required Work Experience:

• 4 Years IT experience including varied programming experience.

Required Technologies:

• zVM, RACF, Operations Manager, IBM Backup and Restore Manager, IBM Tape Manager

 
Nice To Have:

• ServiceNow, REXX Coding, Linux skills, Jenkins, GitHub.

 
Soft Skills:

• Written and oral communication to communicate with customers as well as clearly articulate work with peers and management, customer service, initiative to address things before someone else has to tell you.

 
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 40.00/hr.