Mainframe Programmer

JR United Kingdom; Telford; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a CICS System Programmer for a remote position. The successfully candidate will be a part of a global team focusing on the maintenance and resilience of the bank's mainframe systems, necessitating extensive experience in CICS software and related tools. Candidates must possess strong problem-solving skills and a comprehensive understanding of system administration in a high-availability environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience with mainframe CICS.
• 5+ years experience with CICSplex.
• Experience with automating CICS events.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and maintain CICS systems.
• Ensure systems availability and efficiency.
• Align processes with ITIL.

Skills

Problem determination

CICS software installation/customization

CICSplex management

CICS security understanding

Tools

Omegamon

CICS Explorer

z/OS tools

Job description

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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