Senior zTPF Operating System Engineer

Senior zTPF Operating System Engineer | Mainframe Platform & Systems Engineering | Remote, US 

 

Travel obsessed? Big tech fan? Hey, you’re in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round, then look no further.  

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, infamous bachelorette party or long overdue school reunion. While we can’t solve mosquito bites or lost luggage, we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel, and we’re looking for the best thinkers to help us do it. 

We’re hiring right now for a zTPF Operating System Engineer! Search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team. 

 

How you'll make an impact: 

We are seeking a Senior zTPF Systems Engineer. Our Systems Engineers enhance and maintain the stability of the zTPF complexes by providing high quality technical expertise and guidance for our zTPF platform, operating systems, and database.  As a Senior zTPF Systems Engineer, you will work with other zTPF Systems Engineers, zTPF File Support Engineers, Applications Programmers, and Support teams performing daily activities ranging in complexity.  You will be responsible for the configuration, maintenance, development, and reliable operation of our zTPF environments.  You will own and drive work efforts through all stages of the development, quality, and implementation life cycle.  The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, talented, technical, proactive person who embraces team culture, challenges, problem solving, and has a proven track record of delivering.

 

Your role in action: 

• Provide functional expertise and technical leadership for critical zTPF operating system software and mainframe platform capabilities 

• Serve as subject matter expert and provide direction to others.  Lead small projects and be the key technical expert for larger projects 

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain the zTPF mainframe platform and zTPF operating system, including supporting software and utilities to meet Travelport’s business requirements 

• Develop new functionality, integrate IBM APARs, maintain proprietary operating system modifications and utilities 

• Generate and implement enhancements to improve overall system design and/or streamline delivery of product.  Proactively identify opportunities to improve delivery of daily work 

• Provide operational and production support for Travelport zTPF Systems, including third level support and problem resolution for the production, pre-production, and lower-level testing environments 

• Technical support interface to Travelport customers for zTPF operating system functions including new functionality proof of concepts and assistance with debugging/problem resolution 

• Manage and support tools for collecting and reporting on zTPF system management and performance including Data Collection, Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool, Software Profiler, and Continuous Data Collection.  Knowledge of Real-time Runtime Metrics Collection a plus 

• Understand integration and impact on adjacent systems, as well as short and long-term impact of technical decisions 

• Provide 24x7 on-call availability and support on a rotating basis with other team members 

 

Could this be you? 

• Proven and current experience developing, deploying, and supporting the zTPF operating system, zTPF database, or TPF communications code and associated infrastructure 

• Current knowledge of IBM Z hardware and software technologies - architecture, operating systems 

• Strong z/TPF operating system knowledge with assembler and C/C++ programming languages 

• Experience with zTPF control program internals, host communications, and/or zTPF file support 

• Ability to navigate adjacent systems such as z/VM, z/Linux, and z/OS 

• Working knowledge of zTPF development and testing tools, such as zTPFGI, IBM Toolkit, CP trace, z/Linux, maketpf, VPARS, VTAPE 

• Knowledge of modern zTPF capabilities a plus - DFDL, REST, Business Events, Kafka, Java, Encryption, and/or Jakarta Mail 

• Additional programming language/technologies a plus - Java, REXX, OOREXX, Python, Perl, Linux Scripting (Bash, C Shell, Korn Shell, etc.) 

• Demonstrated strong technical aptitude with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills 

• Knowledge of ITIL principles and processes  

• Self-motivated with ability to multi-task and embrace an ever-changing environment,