Senior Programmer Analyst - REMOTE

Job Description:

Responsibilities

The Senior Programmer Analyst, will take on a combination of following responsibilities:

• Be a part of Mainframe Center of Excellence team and Advisory role to Application Maintenance and Support or Development or Modernization on timely basis
• Act in an advisory role on customer Mainframe Estate on Performance tuning, Optimization, tech Refresh, modernization
• Review performance metrics including MIPS, analyze and come up with resolutions
• Drive various initiatives/programs around software, hardware, migration across multiple vendors
• Own the complete Mainframe estate, regular audit, review of software/hardware refresh
• Pitch in for major incidents, triage calls, major deployments, war room activities in case when help needed from Center of excellence team
• Adhere to agreed SLA's in terms of software, Hardware performance, delivery initiated by Center or Excellence
• Build strong working relationship with onshore/offshore team, customer, multiple vendors and users.
• Good awareness of the customer's business and in-depth knowledge of the customer's environment and processes.
• Generate and submit reports/updates to management when needed.
• Must have a sense of ownership in handling project and technical issues and able to provide effective and timely resolution.
• Complete and keep up to date with all Mandatory trainings.
• Ensure following of processes and best practices

Primary Duties:

• Performance monitoring of Mainframe components
• Optimization and tuning. performance tuning, initiatives to drive cost, time, impact to production
• Advisory to technical roadmap of customer's Mainframe estate, software, hardware upgrade, timely refresh
• Advice on modernization roadmap
• Advisory on Mainframe security
• Individual responsibility to advice various teams like Mainframe Application Development, Maintenance and Support, Modernization across multiple vendors.
• Strong Expertise in Mainframe technology Advisory/Chief Architect/Senior Consultant which includes COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, IMS, DL/1, MQ, Assembler, REXX, FOCUS etc
• Exposure to IT Service Management process.
• Familiar with SDLC process
• Knowledge in Agile or Waterfall methodology.
• Application modernization experience in moving from legacy Mainframe technologies to modern technology.
• Good verbal & written communication skills.

Qualifications:

• Strong analytical, good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills related to Mainframe software
• Work with multiple vendors/teams to provide written responses to technical proposals and /or reports/documentation for delivery
• Experience in identifying and delivering technical solutions to customer business problems on software refresh program
• Excellent English both verbal and written communication skills and capable of independently communicating with customers.
• Should be flexible to work in shifts (24/7) if necessary, for major incidents or deployments, or align with UK working hours to give maximum overlap
• Exposure to IT Service Management, Agile or Waterfall software development process
• Vantage/wMA experience
• Life Insurance domain knowledge

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience in REXX, ADABAS, ASSEMBLER, EASYTRIVE, FOCUS, SUPRA, XPEDITOR, MOSAR
• Knowledge in Assyst CMDB, ENDEVOR
• Debugging tools like Intertest/EXPEDITOR, CA tools,

Work Environment

• 100% Remote

Compensation at DXC is influenced by an array of factors, including but not limited to the experience, job-related knowledge, skills, competencies, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this position is $72,600 - $109,000.

Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program. DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; employee wellness; life and disability insurance; a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off; and much more.

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