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General Motors Mainframe z/OS Systems Programmer in Limerick, Ireland
Job Description
About GM IT
General Motors is at the forefront of driving change in the automotive industry. From designing and engineering the next generation of electric vehicles to enhancing the experience for dealers and customers, GM IT delivers innovative, enterprise-wide technology solutions. Our team works with advanced technologies, including mobility, telematics, cloud computing, supercomputing, vehicle engineering, and real-time systems, offering exciting opportunities for professionals passionate about innovation, speed, and adding business value.
We are seeking experienced technical experts in mainframe technologies to support our strategic objectives, including leveraging IBM Parallel Sysplex capabilities.
The team’s responsibilities include maintenance, performance optimization, capacity planning, scheduling, service continuity, and implementing global monitoring and automation solutions to ensure best-in-class availability.
GM IT has undergone a remarkable transformation, bringing nearly all IT functions in-house. As part of this effort, the Mainframe team has successfully re-platformed all applications into advanced data-sharing Sysplex environments, setting new benchmarks for efficiency and innovation in the automotive industry.
The Role
As a z/OS Mainframe Systems Programmer, you will play a key role in deploying, managing, and supporting GM’s mainframe platforms. This includes collaborating with vendors, infrastructure teams, database administrators, and application teams to proactively install, monitor, upgrade, and maintain hardware and software within GM’s mainframe ecosystem.
Ideal Candidate:
Experienced technologist in the mainframe space
Ability to install/upgrade/maintain/support our mainframe product roadmap
Apply experience regards optimizing future support models leveraging modern solutions
Appreciation and knowledge of the wider IT infrastructure and the interfaces with the z/OS platform (APIs/CICD software development pipelines/Linux)
The ability to execute tasks proficiently and with minimal supervision to add real business value.
Preferred Attributes:
3+ years’ relevant technical experience
An Arts/Science degree or STEM qualification advantageous.
Demonstrable experience with implementing technical solutions in accordance with an agreed technical design and GM standards.
SRE mindset with ability identify opportunities for automation
Experienced in troubleshooting, researching, and resolving multipart issues.
Ability to understand technical details to execute product upgrades and maintenance requirements.
Ability to support systems in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
Observe mainframe standards and audit requirements.
Work well as part of a team.
Cross company collaboration with one team approach.
Technical Expectations:
Working knowledge and skills with the standard z/OS tools. Db2 and/or IMS knowledge and experience advantageous.
Knowledge of SMP/E (commands, terminology, problem determination). Ability to use SMP/E to apply maintenance, perform installs, and maintain SMP/E environments.
Knowledge with REXX, CLIST, ASSEMBLER, PYTHON, or other relevant mainframe programming is advantageous .
Ability to utilize system diagnostics to arrive at problem solutions (Messages and Codes, dumps, console messages, IBM Redbooks etc.)
Hybrid: This position will be located onsite a minimum of three days per week in our Limerick office and 2 days from home.
Why General Motors?
At GM, we’ve charged ourselves with one mission: to design, build and sell the world’s best vehicles with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion.
GM IT is a leader in cutting edge technologies such as Mobility, Telematics, Mission-Critical Business Systems, Supercomputing, Vehicle Engineering, and Real-time Computing. We offer challenging positions for passionate professionals to work in an organization with a laser focus on Innovation, Speed, and Business Value.
Join our team and experience Information Technology at a scale and pace not seen before!
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:
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