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Information Technology Specialist

Federal Bureau of Prisons
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This position is located in the Mainframe Systems Support Section of the Assistant Director’s Office in the Information, Policy and Public Affairs (IPPA) Division, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

The mission of this section is to provide Bureau-wide Information Technology (IT) support for IBM-compatible z/OS mainframe computers and systems software; and technical support and assistance for computer operations, System Development programming staff, Office of Research, Institution staff, and other government agencies accessing the BOP mainframe computer.

The section provides technical support for the SENTRY database management system (IBM DB2), telecommunications software (IBM CICS-TS), Applications Servers (IBM WebSphere), fault analysis software (IBM Fault Analyzer, Debug Tool), Auditing and Compliance Software (Bottomline Intellinx/zWatch) and all other z/OS mainframe software utilized by the BOP.

Responsible for assisting in the section’s duties including all aspects of the BOP’s IBM mainframe data processing requirements.

Responsible for the migration of all production applications to the BOP’s mainframe environment requiring involvement with the coordination, planning, monitoring and back-off procedures should problems be encountered.