Microfocus Enterprise Administration-Azure / Google Cloud Platform CICS, IMS-- W2 -Remote role

Summary: The role of Microfocus Enterprise Administrator involves managing and supporting Microfocus Enterprise Server environments, including Azure and Google Cloud Platform, as well as on-premise servers. The candidate will be responsible for creating and maintaining various server regions, performing installations, and ensuring optimal performance of the systems. This position requires collaboration with application teams and a strong understanding of CICS and IMS administration. The role is remote but requires availability during EST hours.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create different Enterprise developer/Enterprise Server regions (SANDBOX/DEV/QA/Pre-Prod/PROD) on WINDOWS or LINUX Servers
• Installation and maintenance of ED/ES
• Listeners / Webservice / SSL setup and maintenance
• Perform Maintenance like Spool Maintenance, Log file maintenance, any diagnostics/trace/core dump file analysis and maintenance
• Trace / follow-up till closure of created microfocus tickets
• Setup and maintenance of CICS resources in all env
• Setup and maintenance of IMS resources in all env
• IMS Message queue maintenance in all env
• Backup / Recover / Reorg IMS database
• Configure the MQ queue manager, including input, output, and optional initiation queues. Backup / Restart and Recovery
• Setup and Maintenance of Microfocus security
• Capable of installing different API and configure webservices and interface with other applications, FTP and other means.
• Experience in setting up the database connection and other utilities related to microfocus utility and compiler directive settings.
• Collaborate with apps team and other support team to maximize environment availability
• Configure/develop start/stop process (Manual/Scripts)
• Set up Server for optimal performance
• Support application issues and make recommended configuration changes
• Knowledge with mainframe concepts and application development
• Basic Knowledge on IMS DB and RDBMS DB

Key Skills:

• Microfocus Enterprise Server Administration
• Experience with Azure / Google Cloud Platform
• CICS administration
• IMS administration
• MQ administration
• Security setup in Microfocus ES
• API installation and configuration
• Database connection setup
• Performance optimization
• Collaboration with application teams
• Knowledge of mainframe concepts
• Basic knowledge of IMS DB and RDBMS DB

Salary (Rate): £38.46 hourly

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Microfocus Enterprise Administration 
Location         :           Remote, but candidates must be comfortable supporting EST hours. 
Rate                :           $50/hr on W2 all-inclusive  
We are currently able to consider only W2 candidates for this role.

Job Description:

Primary skill: 
# Microfocus Enterprise Server Administration with Azure / Google Cloud Platform platform and on-premise Server.

 # CICS administration

 # IMS administration

 # MQ administration

  # ESM (security) setup in Microfocus ES

# General setup and support with Microfocus ES

# Configuration for performance