Mainframe Programmer

JR United Kingdom; Bedford; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a CICS System Programmer to be part of a global team. This role will involve building, configuring, and maintaining mainframe systems, requiring deep expertise in CICS and related tools. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in managing CICS environments and ensuring system efficiency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years installing/customizing mainframe CICS software.
• 5+ years with CICSplex and CICS Explorer.
• Experience with Omegamon, Fault Analyzer, and IPCS.

Responsibilities

• Building, configuring, and maintaining the Bank's mainframe systems.
• Ensuring high availability and efficiency of systems.

Skills

Mainframe CICS software installation

CICSplex management

Problem determination skills

High availability environment management

Automation of CICS events

Job description

Location: UK

Remote opportunity

Inside IR35 Contract

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.

Mandatory Skills

• 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

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Created on 26/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom