Job Description
About Tibco Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, TIBCO Software enables businesses to reach new heights on their path to digital distinction and innovation. From systems to devices and people, we interconnect everything, capture data in real time wherever it is, and augment the intelligence of organizations through analytical insights. Thousands of customers around the globe rely on us to build compelling experiences, energize operations, and propel innovation. Our teams flourish on new ideas and welcome individuals who thrive in transforming challenges into opportunities. From designing and building amazing products to providing excellent service; we encourage and are shaped by bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and self-starters. We are always adapting and providing exciting opportunities for our employees to grow, learn and excel. We value the customers and employees that define who we are; dynamic individuals willing to take the risks necessary to make big ideas come to life and who are comfortable collaborating in our creative, optimistic environment, TIBCO.Products Overview
TIBCO Mainframe Integration and solutions are built and designed for the IBM z Series and integrates with other TIBCO’s application and integration platforms as well as non TIBCO environments. It supports most of the traditional mainframe products and environments. TIBCO’s mainframe integration offerings today are largely a Zero-Code, configuration and API first approach to planning, designing and implementing business applications. There is no coding required to establish interactions with TIBCO off-host applications. create an API contract and even turn it into a mock application to allow outside developers to start writing their applications without waiting for the internal developers to finish the entire business logic. It allows you to build and connect applications from your environments and it is powered by the same TIBCO DNA that has been allowing companies to integrate their applications for many decades and the same TIBCO DNA that allows customers to serve over a billion transactional interactions done per day.
Role Overview for the Principal Systems Software Engineer for System Z
The required Principal Systems Software Engineer’s would be responsible for the installation, maintenance, and performance tuning of IBM System Z environments. Proven ability to deliver high system availability and robust security by managing critical software, performing complex problem resolution, and implementing effective disaster recovery strategies. Skilled in modernizing mainframe operations through automation and integrating with open-source tools. They are to oversee the activities for the mainframe integration staff, and execution of all IBM and related 3rd party products executing on System Z. The candidate needs to apply communications and analytical skills and knowledge of best practices in addition to navigate customer’s on problems related to the systems usage and implemetation. Responsibilities
● Managing and contributing to the installation and maintenance of TIBCO Mainframe z/OS, Z/Linux and the related systems ● Understand system Z software’s best implementation practices, design strategy and planning ● Work with management and other infra teams to customize and tuned key z/OS subsystems (CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ) to improve system performance and ensure service-level agreement (SLA) adherence for mission-critical applications.understand the requirements and features, and to translate them into development tasks and quality assurance tests ● Work independently, a self-starter that requires minimum supervision ● Debug system failures and help identify the root cause of failures ● Create and run system wide tests for scenarios that are difficult to automate ● Developing/maintaining execution plans and Testing Specifications ● Work with local and remote teams, communicate status, schedules effectively clearly. ● Escalate issues in time and able to follow up for their status ● Ability to think out of the box
Required Qualifications
● Minimum of 15 years of experience on z/OS, zLinux and z/VM managing the end-to-end lifecycle for z/OS and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) products, including installation, upgrades, and maintenance using SMP/E, for a multi-LPAR Sysplex environment ; Minimum BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent skill set ● SMPE - Configure SMPE, Order Software, Install Software ● zOSMF - Install software release upgrades using dialogs, Build software maintenance workflows ● IBM Support/ShopZ – Order software, Create IBM problem ticket, Research IBM software issues ● DASD - Install new disk systems, configure, manage, perform storage management tasks; Full knowledge of NFS in IBM z/OS, Power systems, all Linux variants ● Security - RACF - Maintain existing software security; Detailed knowledge of SSL/TLS, IBM Policy Agent and IBM GSK ● SYSPLEX - Configure Coupling Facility policies ● HMC - Configure and maintain security, server, Ops (IPL Profiles) and hardware definitions via Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD), coordinating with teams to support upgrades and installations of new IBM Z hardware. HCD – Configure server/device GENs ● Networks - Extensive knowledge of IBM z/Systems networks and Cisco network switches; Setup, configure and maintain SAN equipment, IBM and Broadcom/Brocade ● Debug Tools – Provided expert-level problem determination and resolution for system and application issues, utilizing diagnostic tools such as IPCS, SLIP, EREP, and GTF to perform root cause analysis. IPCS – Analyze scvdump diagnostic data ● Programming - Basic Assembler - Analyze svc dumps, logrec diagnostic data; Rexx - Develop, maintain system exits, utilities Additional considerations
● Extensive experience in operating and customizing IBM zPDT environments ● Experience with installing and configuring IBM Power equipment and systems ● Manage IBM mainframe hardware, replacements ● Deep knowledge of IBM storage devices, mainframe and open systems ● Very good understanding of Linux and AIX systems administration