Principal Software Engineer (z/OS, Assembler)

EMC - Saint-Petersburg (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer, Mainframe



Summary
Main responsibility is to provide Maintenance Engineering for EMC’s z/Series software products.  Represent SSCO Mainframe Software Maintenance Engineering group in cross-functional Engineering meetings.  Must be able to work independently, coordinate activities, and possess high initiative and strong problem solving skills.  Must communicate well and interact effectively on highly technical topics with both technical and non-technical coworkers.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support and direction for EMC customer initiatives, including implementation planning, Root Cause investigation, problem recreation, solution test plan reviews and related ad-hoc testing
• Assist with z/Series Software Product related proof-of-concept and solution qualification testing.
• Perform zSeries Software Product feature/function and fix verification, and provide product and documentation change recommendations for integration into the development process.
• Provide technical assistance and direction for z/Series Software Products to EMC headquarters and field technicians.
• Provide ad-hoc testing assistance to z/Series Software Development and the MF SW Maintenance group.

Benefits:

• Medical insurance for employees and their families
• Life insurance
• Paid personal/sick/vacation days
• Corporate cell phone service
• Partial sport reimbursement
• Professional training programs
• English courses
• Opportunity to work in a flexible schedule
• Comfortable office location (1 min from metro station Vasileostrovskaya)
• Relocation package for candidates from other cities (including from Belarus and Kazakhstan)

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience and Education

• Working knowledge of z/OS, including JCL, TSO, REXX, ISPF, JES2, SMP/E, IBM utilities.
• Experience with assembler programming and debugging, and third party software applications.
• Minimum of 8 years of Mainframe experience.
• BS/MS in Computer Science.

 
Preferred skills

• Working knowledge of IBM diagnostic facilities (GTF, LOGREC, CTRACE, SVCDUMPS, IPCS).
• Knowledge of I/O Subsystems, experience with channel programming (CCW).
• Experience with EMC zSeries Software Products and solution implementations (Consistency Groups, SRDF Host Component, TimeFinder/Mirror, TimeFinder/Clone EMCSNAP, and SRDF/A, MSC, Star, AutoSwap, and GDDR solutions).

Company Description

EMC provides the technologies and tools that can help you release the power of your information. We can help you design, build, and manage flexible, scalable, and secure information infrastructures. And with these infrastructures, you'll be able to intelligently and efficiently store, protect, and manage your information so that it can be made accessible, searchable, shareable, and, ultimately, actionable.

We believe that information is a business’s most important asset. Ideas—and the people who come up with them—are the only real differentiator. Our promise is to help you take that differentiator as far as possible. We will deliver on this promise by helping organizations of all sizes manage more information more effectively than ever before. We will provide solutions that meet and exceed your most demanding business and IT challenges. We will bring your information to life.

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