CICS System Programmer (Mainframe)

N Consulting Global; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

N Consulting Global is seeking a CICS System Programmer to join their global team in London. The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of experience in mainframe systems, supporting and optimizing availability and efficiency of critical systems. This hybrid contract role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience with mainframe CICS software.
• Experience managing CICS systems and environments.
• Familiarity with ITIL-aligned processes and high availability environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform mainframe CICS software upgrades and provide 24*7 technical support.
• Analyze new versions of CICS for system performance improvements.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation and guide junior programmers.

Skills

Problem Determination

Technical Support

Upgrades and Administration

Performance Analysis

Tools

CICS

z/OS

Omegamon

IPCS

Job description

2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Direct message the job poster from N Consulting Global

Location : London/ Denmark

Contract Role

Work Mode : Hybrid Mode

Experience : 10+ Years

Job Description:

As a CICS System Programmer, candidate will be part of a Global team responsible for building, configuring, and maintaining the Bank’s mainframe systems availability, efficiency, and resilience, underpinned by the architectural principle of cloned infrastructure, system configurations, applications.

Key Responsibilities -

• Perform mainframe CICS software upgrades coupled with administration and tuning to support mainframe environments. Current version is CICS 5.6.
• Provide high degree of technical support (24*7) to reduce the likelihood of significant service outage or disaster.
• Analyse new versions of CICS for functionality improving systems performance and reduce cost.
• Tracking and analyzing performance and resource utilization of CICS systems
• Recommend changes, upgrades, and enhancements based on the technical analysis.
• Perform problem diagnostics and resolutions as well.
• Participate in incident and problem management activities related to applications and CICS.
• Encourage and ensure collaboration across functional users and vendors to provide guidance and manage different tasks with a “can-do” attitude.
• Execute project and internal initiative responsibilities as assigned or delegated.
• Walking ahead by being enthusiastic and responsible for strengthening and developing system skills.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, best practices, and run books for the operational platform.
• Upskill junior systems programmers.
• Have 10+ years of experience of installing and/or customizing mainframe CICS software in Large Data sharing environments.
• Have 5+ years of experience with CICSplex and CICS Explorer to manage CICS systems.
• Solid understanding of
• resource definitions and its dependencies.
• CF structures and its practical use in a business environment.
• Experience with Omegamon and Fault Analyzer along with basic dump analysis skills on IPCS.
• Experience in cloning and sunsetting CICS regions.
• Basic understanding of CICS security with RACF.
• Exposure to working with SMF 110 records and its practical application in terms of problem determination.
• Strong problem determination skills in both system and application areas
• Proficient in working with high availability environment along with alignment to process (ITIL)
• Experience working with and maintaining other vendor tools for CICS as well as exposure to common z/OS tools like SDSF RMF etc.
• Experience with automating CICS events via CICSplex RTA and/or system automation tools on z/OS.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at N Consulting Global by 2x

Get notified about new System Programmer jobs in London Area, United Kingdom.

IT System Engineer (High Frequency Trading)

Greater London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Linux System Engineer - Systems Technologies and Engineering - London

London, England, United Kingdom 4 weeks ago

London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Greater London, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Greater London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

London, England, United Kingdom 4 days ago

Croydon, England, United Kingdom 4 days ago

IT System Engineer - Virtualization and Backup

London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer/SRE - Managed Systems Engineering

London, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

London, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Greater London, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

System Development Engineer, Core Network

London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

London, England, United Kingdom 6 months ago

London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

System Software Engineer - GCC/LLVM compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Principal Full Stack Engineer (Crash Reporting System)

London, England, United Kingdom 12 hours ago

System Reliability Engineer - Quantum Computing

London, England, United Kingdom 4 weeks ago

London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.