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  • Introduction: What is Enterprise Computing?
  • Chapter 1: What is a Mainframe Today?
    • Role of the Mainframe Today
      • Mainframe and the Cloud
      • Enterprise Computing
      • Hybrid Cloud
    • Who Uses the Mainframe and Why
    • Mainframe versus Server
    • Mainframe Basic Architecture & Components
    • How the Mainframe Works
    • Mainframe Security Myths
    • Mainframe Evolution
    • Mainframe Modernization
    • Video: ITs Best Kept Secret
    • Get Ready: Talk Like a Mainframer
    • Looking Back: The First 50 Years of Mainframe
  • Chapter 2: Foundational Technology
    • Brief Introduction to z/OS
    • TSO/E, ISPF, and UNIX System Services (USS): Interactive facilities of z/OS
    • Data Sets and How They Work
    • Job Control Language and System Display and Search Facility
      • Understanding the JCL(Job Control Language)
        • Understanding the JOB Statement
        • Understanding the EXEC Statement
        • Understanding the DD Statement
        • Creating a Physical Sequential (PS)
        • Understanding Libraries in JCL
        • Understanding Instream Procedures, Cataloged Procedures, and Symbolic Parameters in JCL
      • Utilities
        • IEBCOMPR
        • IEBGENER
          • Copying Between Sequential Datasets and PDS Members Using IEBGENER
          • Generate PDS member while copying
          • Copying a UNIX File to a PS File
        • IEBCOPY
          • IEBCOPY selective copy using select statements
          • IEBCOPY Exclude members while copying
          • IEBCOPY renaming member while copying
    • Enterprise Software Development and Implementation
    • Programming languages for Mainframe
    • Modern Application Management
    • Video: System Overview
    • Video: MVS Using Dynamic Allocations
    • Article: Red Hat OpenShift 4.7 on IBM Z Is a Game Changer for Container Orchestration and Managemen
    • IBM z16
  • Chapter 3: Roles in Mainframe
    • Roles and Categories
      • Category Definitions
  • Chapter 4: Deeper Dive in Role Chosen
    • IT Operations and System Support and Services
    • IT Business/Software Product Application Development and Support
    • IT Software Engineers
    • IT Architects
  • Chapter 5: Career Path Opportunities
    • Learning Programs
    • Job Opportunities
    • Career Event Calendar
    • Open to Hire
  • Mainframe Events and Conferences 2024
  • My Mainframe Journey: From Student to Professional
  • Backlog on Topics
  • Additional Community Resources
    • Communities
    • Courses, Tutorials, Manuals
    • Education Programs
    • IBM Mainframe Timeshare Services
  • Digital Certificate Badges
    • z/OS Mainframe Practitioner
  • Reviewer List
  • Modern Mainframe
    • What is a modern mainframe environment?
    • z/OSMF
      • What is z/OSMF?
      • Why it is important in a mainframe shop
      • z/OSMF Learning Materials
    • Zowe
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Roles and Categories

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The general public is unaware of IBM Z mainframe as a critical tool of business. The general public is equally unaware of the many professional responsibilities, jobs, and skills required for day-to-day smooth operation of the world’s economy which IBM Z mainframe provides

Employer Categories

IBM Z mainframe jobs are within and separated by 5 unique employer categories serving governments and all industries globally.

Role Types

Generic professional job responsibilities of government and all industries include:

Roles by Type and Category

Role
Type
Category

Automation Specialist

System /CICS Administrator

Systems Programmer

Large Enterprise IT, Information Technology, Production
Medium or Smaller Enterprise IT Production
Independent Software Vendors and IBM
IT Consulting and System Integration
Facility and Service Providers
IT Operations and System Support and Services
IT Business Application Product Development and Support
IT Software Engineering
IT Architects
Operator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
Production Control Analyst
IT Operations and System Support and Services
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/Disk Storage Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/Security Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/Network Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/Database Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/MQSeries Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
System Administrator/IMS Administrator
IT Operations and System Support and Services
IT Operations and System Support and Services
Performance and Capacity Planning
IT Operations and System Support and Services
Management
IT Operations and System Support and Services
IT Business/Software Product Application Development and Support
IT Business/Software Product Application Development and Support
IT Business/Software Product Application Development and Support
IT Business/Software Product Application Development and Support
IT Software Engineers
IT Architects
IT Architects
IT Architects
IT Architects
Solution Architect
Enterprise Architect
System Architect
Technical Architect
Business Application Programmer
Software Product Programmer
Data Science/Analytics
Business Intelligence Developer