IT IS_AMS_Mainframe_ CICS Administration & MQ

Tata Consultancy Services; Bengaluru, Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned CICS mainframe specialist with deep IBM/vendor support experience. You will manage CICS MRO environments, configure ACF2 security, and drive problem determination across z/OS with vendor coordination for dumps and fault reports.

Key tasks include tracing (Aux/GTF), interpreting shutdown statistics, managing CICS storage, and creating RDO resources.

Qualifications

• IBM/vendor support familiarity and problem-solving across CICS environments.

Skills

IBM/vendor support familiarity

SMP/E knowledge

ACF2 security

SMF data analysis

Problem determination

CICS MRO understanding

Set traces (Aux/GTF)

CICS shutdown statistics

CICS storage management

RDO creation

Web Services in CICS

Tivoli/Omegamon monitoring

Intertest/Symdump

SDS – CAFC

Trillium/Code1

File-aid proficiency

Splunk for CICS metrics

Tools

Splunk

Tivoli/Omegamon

Intertest/Symdump

SDS – CAFC

Trillium

Code1

File-aid

CICS monitoring tools

Job description

Must-Have**

(Ideally should not be more than 3-5)

• IBM/vendor support familiar with IBM and other vendors web sites: Open problem cases, ask questions, prepare and send dumps.
• SMP/E – in depth knowledge to do install work on CICS and any associated products
• Security – in depth knowledge of ACF2 (must be able to install security on CICS and associated products and create ACF2 security rules as they pertain to CICS)
• SMF – moderate skill set required to gather and manipulate SMF data (specifically the CICS 110 records)
• Problem determination skills – ability to diagnose problem and determine root cause and remediation

CICS specific skill set:

• Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration)
• Set traces (Aux and GTF) – ability to set traces to aid vendors in problem management and determination.
• CICS shutdown statistics – be able to produce and interpret shutdown stats to aid in problem determination and growth projections.
• Understanding of the CICS dynamic storage areas and how to manipulate for short on storage situations or to accommodate future growth of applications.
• Create both transaction and system dumps (and port to vendors for analysis)
• RDO (resource definition online) – must be able to create any resource needed on CICS (e.g transactions, programs, files, transient data queue, LSR groups, etc)
• Web Services – creating and supporting of web services within CICS
• Broadcom ACF2 security – ability to install CICS security requirements, maintain ACF2 security within CICS and on all CICS resources
• Tivoli/Omegamon products (this is our monitoring software for CICS, z/OS, MQ, IIB, DB2 and the web portal (on windows) – our CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.)
• Broadcom Intertest/Symdump – product to debug CICS programs, product to format transaction dumps – install and maintain (and aid developers with questions and use)
• SDS – CAFC (CICS application file control) – install product and use for control of files, application lists and group lists. Assist Operators when needed on use and problem determination if applications are failing.
• Trillium and Code1 software – aid in installation and day to day management of software
• Compuware products specifically File-aid – proficient at manipulation of files through file-aid software
• Splunk – proficient at creating (modifying) Splunk reports (dashboards) to report on All CICS metrics (e.g CPU consumption, storage consumption, transaction volume, response times, wait times, etc)