Unikix Admin

W3Global


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Calgary, AB
Contract type: Contractor
Remote
Must Skills: NTTData Unikix (mainframe emulation)

Purpose Of The Position

  • Participate in Websphere MQ (messaging) Consolidation and NTTData Unikix (mainframe emulation) upgrade projects.
  • Monitor application health and availability checks for all Shared Services (Middleware) applications, taking corrective actions to maintain health, availability, and capacity.
  • Participate in Business Continuity services for Disaster Recovery.
  • Provide real-time problem determination for all dependent business applications by analyzing dumps, traces, performance, and logs to determine the root cause of specific problems.
  • Perform restores for Business Partners as required.
  • Participate in and provide cross-training with other members of the Shared Services (Middleware) Team.

Position Accountabilities

  • Develop a thorough technical understanding of Middleware Services applications, including functions, features, configurations, operations, and maintain appropriate documentation.
  • Monitor Middleware Services, taking corrective actions to ensure correctness, stability, and adherence to appropriate metrics and service levels.
  • Coordinate and facilitate test plans, ensuring all test cases are successfully completed and documented, and that the solution is ready for release into a production environment.
  • Develop or participate in application upgrades, patching, and hotfix installations.

Position Requirements

  • University degree, College, or technical diploma in a relevant Information Technology major or equivalent experience.
  • Technical understanding of Linux/Unikix and Windows, with the ability to further develop those skills.
  • Experience supporting middleware products like IBM MQ Series and NTT Emulation software Unikix is must
  • Experience supporting major Linux/Unix business applications is an asset.
  • Experience with a variety of application or technical applications (certifications or equivalent experience is desirable).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills to respond to internal and external requests.
  • Good organizational and planning skills, results oriented.
  • Excellent customer service skills, communication, teamwork, and follow-up skills.

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