I know a headhunter who's looking for a senior systems programmer and needs a list of candidates by the end of the week. I don't qualify myself but in case any of you guys do, here's the spec: Position details: 1) 2 month contract to hire position 2) Kansas City, Mo is location 3) Salary - OPEN ($40 to $45 per hour to start, conversion $85K + depending on strength) 4) Start Date - ASAP 5) Background and fingerprint check required JOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Established company looking for experienced audit engineer with broad exposure in the following specific Mainframe Operating Systems and Software: z/OS 1.3 with various LPARS UNIX System Services, V/M Linux, WebSphere Application Server, Tivoli Storage Manager, DB2, CICS, Oracle, SAS products, Lotus Domino, and COTS. We desire the candidate to have hands-on mainframe experience and have an understanding of the following: * The CSVRTLxx, IEASYSxx, IEFSSNxx, and SMFPRMxx PARMLIB members must be reviewed for the security impacts for OS/390 UNIX. * The OMVS must be defined as a subsystem in the system parmlib (IEFSSNXX). * A started task id entry must be created for each queue manager started task procedure and distributed queuing started task procedure. * Process security must be active, and all profiles ssid.processname must be defined in the MQPROC class. * Access to the JES2 commands must be restricted a minimum number of authorized personnel, and all access logged on the system. -- Scott