Lead Systems Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title – Mainframe Software Configuration Management - Lead Systems Engineer

The Purpose of This Role

Provide technical and systems support to Mainframe Endevor and Viewdirect/Mobius View systems. Work with senior level business and technology partners to define and implement solutions. The person will be responsible for providing governance, oversight and application of production support for all Business units and their respective customers.

The Value You Deliver

The Mainframe Endevor Support Team provides a variety of services related to Endevor and Viewdirect on z/OS systems at Fidelity. Those services might include but are not necessarily limited to:

• Support, configuration and administration of Mainframe Endevor and Viewdirect systems.
• Interface with Technology Operations and infrastructure groups to plan and manage changes in the production environment.
• Modification and Enforcement of Endevor rules of module movement.
• Support the movement of the Mainframe Application modules from development libraries to production libraries through Endevor.
• Batch and Online PROD (Release) migrations support.
• Under moderate direction, participate in 2-3 small, self-contained, concurrent technical projects working with developers and operation analysts
• Analyze complex Endevor problems and implement solutions and/or workarounds
• Project coordination and planning
• Evaluation and recommendation of software products in Endevor
• Participates in the evaluation, selection, and piloting of new technologies
• Work with a wide range of teams across various issues, locations, and time zones
• Provide cross training to peers in the Endevor and Viewdirect Support group
• Work closely with other departments within Fidelity and act as interface between the Endevor group and the other technical teams coordinating their upgrades/projects/deliverables

The Skills that are Key to this role

Technical / Behavioral

• Mainframe programming knowledge.
• Hands on experience in JCL, COBOL, DB2 and Rexx.
• Strong hands-on administration experience in Mainframe Endevor.
• Endevor Processor groups configuration and maintenance
• Experience in Control M scheduling
• Understanding of Software Configuration Management processes across Mainframe and Distributed systems
• Ability to navigate across Fidelity technology organizations and at various levels within the organization
• A blend of process and technology skills; ability to understand end to end processes and translate requirements to enable standardization and automation
• Understanding of ITSM functions including Incident, Change & Problem Management 
• Ability to plan out work, accurately communicate status and meet agreed upon schedules 
• Ability to balance details with an understanding of the big picture 
• Capability of understanding complex processes  
• Ability to understand and integrate data across multiple tools and functions 
• Strong communication, both verbal and written; ability to implement education and training across a broad technology population
• Forward looking, continuous improvement mindset
• Develop processes and standards and maintain KPI and process alignment 

The Skills that are Good To Have for this role

• Dev-ops concepts
• ControlM Scheduling

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How Your Work Impacts the Organization

You would be able to contribute in maintaining stability of our end points by upkeeping the mainframe application source code across all the development and testing environments and the path to production along with production support during mainframe production releases.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

· 4-5 years of IT experience

· Graduate

Location : Chennai/Bangalore

Shift timings: 11:00 pm - 08:00pm IST

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