IT IS_AMS_Mainframe_ CICS & MQ Administration

Tata Consultancy Services; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai is seeking a seasoned IT AMS Mainframe CICS & MQ Administrator. You will manage CICS & MQ environments, coordinate with vendors, and ensure robust storage and security configurations.

Requires 7–15 years of experience, expertise in SMP/E, ACF2, SMF, and problem determination. Knowledge of MRO, traces, and performance monitoring is preferred. Location: Chennai/Bangalore/Mumbai with on-site expectations.

Qualifications

• IBM/vendor support familiarity for open problem cases and dumps.
• SMP/E knowledge to perform install work on CICS and related products.
• Deep ACF2 security knowledge and ability to configure rules for CICS resources.
• SMF data handling focused on CICS 110 records for problem analysis.
• Strong problem determination and root-cause remediation capabilities.
• Experience with MRO environment concepts (TOR/AOR) and trace setting.

Responsibilities

• Not stated in the posting.

Skills

Problem determination

Root cause analysis

Storage management

Vendor coordination

Mainframe security

Tools

SMP/E

ACF2 security

SMF data

CICS & MQ Admin

Tivoli/Omegamon

InterTest/SymDump

SDS-CAFC

Trillium/Code1

File-Aid

Splunk

CICS MRO

RDO

Web Services in CICS

Job description

ONLY CANDIDATES WITH 7 TO 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND PROFICIENT WITH MAINFRAME STORAGE ADMIN FROM BANGLORE, CHENNAI, MUMBAI LOCATIONS NEED TO APPLY

TCS has been a great pioneer in feeding the fire of young techies like you. We are a global leader in the technology arena and there’s nothing that can stop us from growing together.

What we are looking for

Role: IT IS_AMS_Mainframe_ CICS & MQ Administration

Experience Range: 7 - 15 Years

Must Have:

• 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

Good to Have:

• 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)