Job Description

MFA Specialist

This role has been designated as 'Edge', which means you will primarily work outside of an HPE office.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) advances the way people live and work. We bring together curious minds to create breakthrough technology solutions, helping our customers make their mark on the world.

Our new innovative IT services organization is HPE PointNext. We have the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers' outcomes from their digital transformation. We aim to ensure our valued clients have the most effective solution to suit the demands on a dynamic and fast-paced, modern business and the expertise to achieve maximum business benefit.

Customer Solution Centers are made up of teams that provide remote (offsite) service; customer access, pre-sales, post-sales, and service delivery. Technical teams focus is to solve various business systems and applications problems for customers, onsite engineering personnel and Authorized Service Providers on standard, specialized or complex systems.

MFA CoE delivers migration services for customers that want to migrate from a Mainframe environment to an open system IT platform. The MFA team provides the Project Management, Migration and Automation activities to migrate databases, applications and related functionality from a Mainframe to an open IT platform.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing part or all of the technical solution to the client, in accordance with an agreed technical design.
• Occasionally responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions.
• Understands a broad spectrum of HPE technology in order to provide part or all of a detailed technical design which meets customer requirements. Often leads small to medium technical projects.
• Works with and under the direction of the Project/Technical Manager and with customer nominated representatives.
• Liaises with Solutions Architect as appropriate.
• Provides technical support and input on the application of technology to a defined business segment.
• Provides advice on solution and integration opportunities to defined segments.
• Provides technical leadership on specific integration activities that are part of an engagement.
• Provides planning and design support for the development of solution architectures that will be implemented in a multiple system environment.
• Communicates across client community and is viewed as adding value. Demonstrates execution of the HPE strategy.
• Contributes to knowledge tools and communities and ensures project learnings are documented and shared.
• Role models Knowledge sharing and re-use within practice or profession.
• Proactively encourages membership and contributions of others to professional community. Uses professions to meet the relevant certification and professional standards.
• Produces internally published material such as knowledge briefs, service delivery kit components or modules, etc

Required:

Online/ Batch migration:

• Review the results of the source code inventory of the Mainframe system to be migrated.
• Ask the Inventory team the reports and data relevant for the migration of the

Online/Batch applications.

• Analyze the Online/Batch subsystems of the Mainframe to be migrated.
• Match the requirements and needed functionalities with the ones covered by the destination platform and framework (usually, Micro Focus Enterprise Server). Clearly identify and assess the gap.
• Design and implement the technical solution for the Online/Batch migration functionality gap and create the corresponding documentation.

CODE migration:

• Perform the inventory process with HPE's automated tools (identify and classify all provided objects, reveal all inconsistencies and generate corresponding reports).
• Generate required reports for the analysis and design of the different areas (Online, Batch, Code, Data).
• Design and implement the required transformations for the Code Migration and create the corresponding documentation.

DATA migration:

• Review the results of the source code inventory of the Mainframe system to be migrated.
• Ask the Inventory team the reports and data relevant for the migration of the data files and data bases.
• Analyze and Design the migration of the data files and legacy data base(s) to the database in the new environment based on HPE's tools and processes, including code transformations and compilation of all the languages accessing the files and databases.
• Implement the technical solution for the Data migration and create the corresponding documentation.
• Perform the internal testing for the technical solutions.
• Support the functional testing of the whole migration solution. Analyse and solve the detected issues.
• Support the performance testing of the whole migration solution. Analyse and solve the detected issues.
• Perform the move to production activities.
• Support the Post-Go Live. Analyse and solve the detected issues.

Essential Skillset

7+ years of professional experience and a Bachelor of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (10+ years in total).

for ONLINE migration:

3+ years of experience in CICS migration involving IBM Mainframe zOS to Linux/ Unix/ Windows platforms

for BATCH migration:

2+ (5+) years of experience in Batch Job SW and Jobs migration involving IBM Mainframe zOS to Linux/Windows platforms.

for CODE migration:

2+ (5+) years of PostgreSQL and Apache Tomcat experience is a MUST.

2+ (5+) years of experience with migrations of applications (e.g. Shell scripts, Java, C/C++)

for DATA migration:

• 2+ (5+) years of experience in Database and Data migrations preferably IBM
• Mainframe zOS environments to Linux/Windows platforms
• Must have a certification for one of the Open Systems Databases (e.g. DB2 LUW,Oracle MS SQLServer, PostgreSQL)
• 3+ years of experience with programing C/C++, Java, COBOL and Shell scripting is a must
• 2+ years of experience with Linux/Windows Systems is a must
• 2+ years of experience with Micro Focus (e.g. Visual COBOL & Mainframe Solutions)
• 2+ years of experience with DBs (Oracle, DB2, MS-SQL)
• 2+ years of experience in Project scoping, scheduling, estimates time/cost for deliverables, and documentation
• Must have at least one Industrial certifications (e.g. Linux/Microsoft or Programing Language)

Proficiency in English language skills

Working knowledge of IBM mainframe zOS environment (online - CICS/IMS, batch, security, scheduling, printing) and programming languages COBOL, Assembler (and ideally PL1)

Additional Desired Skills

• Has sufficient depth and breadth of technical knowledge to be individually responsible for the design and scope of deliverables within a field of expertise.
• Has mastered at least one technical discipline with strong knowledge in at least three major technology areas.
• Possesses advanced level of business, technical, or functional knowledge.
• Has ability to perform/drive resolution of problems on combinations and interactions of products.
• Ability to apply technology and consulting to solve a client business problem.
• Able to communicate and present complex issues with assurance and confidence.
• Demonstrates the use of consulting skills including questioning, listening, ideas development, permission and rapport, and influencing.
• Is used to work on and with virtual teams as part of a remote delivery model
• Ability to conduct/lead oral status/technical interchange meetings with clients on small to medium sized engagements.
• Owns and produces customer documentation. Ability to translate technical details into concise and easy to understand written form. Ability to write relevant components of a proposal document (e.g. answer specific RFP questions). Ability to translate verbal requirements from face to face client meetings into requirements documents, statements of work, and proposals.
• Able to discuss (within own area of expertise) requirements with a customer, and to challenge and clarify when appropriate. From the requirements, able to develop a high-level design or plan, and then estimate the amount of effort required to deliver. Able to advise the engagement owner about the risks associated with this work package.
• Ability to work with a team to provide written responses to technical proposals and /or reports/documentation for delivery

What we can offer you:

Extensive benefits, a competitive salary and participation in the shared values and purpose that make Hewlett Packard Enterprise one of the worlds most attractive employers! At HPE, our goal is to provide equal opportunities, flexible work-life balance, and constantly evolving career growth.

If you are looking for challenges in an exciting, supportive and international work environment, then we definitely want to hear from you. Continue the conversation by clicking apply now below, or directly via our Careers Portal at www.hpe.com/careers.

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