Z/Os Network Systems Engineer

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Responsibilities and deliverables for role:

• Maintain and support TPX session manager environment.
• Participate in the support and implementation of zSeries Communication Server (VTAM and TCPIP).
• Mainframe Network System programmer responsible for configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting of VTAM and TCPIP.
• Participate in the support and implementation of individual software products used for printing and file transfer.
• Ability to set up and troubleshoot native file transfer products such as FTP, SFTP.
• Responsibilities also include installation and support of Connect:Direct.
• Serve in an on-call rotation with the rest of the team members that will require working on some weekends during maintenance change windows.
• Become involved with IP address design and integrate the zSeries mainframe with multiple platforms.
• Follow standardized guidelines and procedures, as well as help improve on these guidelines as to simplify their future functionality.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3 - 5 years of experience serving in a mainframe tech support role, preferably as a mainframe network tech support person.
• Minimal 3 -5 years experience configuring and troubleshooting zSeries Communication Services VTAM, TCPIP, TN3270.
• Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting mainframe network problems using multiple communications protocols.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• 3 – 5 years of TPX administrator experience.

Desired requirements:

• Configuration management
• Data networks
• Experience with FTP-ATTLS (FTP using application transparent TLS)
• TPX administrator experience.
• System software infrastructure
• IT standards, procedures, policy
• Familiarity with Connect:Direct
• Hardware Infrastructure
• Experience using SMPE to install software products.

Subject matter expert in:

• Contingency and disaster recovery
• Network operations
• Technical troubleshooting
• IT environment
• Network architecture
• Product and vendor evaluation

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Adoption assistance
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.