Mainframe CICS System programmer

Hammerjack Pty Ltd; Taguig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hammerjack Pty Ltd in the Philippines seeks an experienced CICS systems administrator to support IBM/vendor ecosystems, install and troubleshoot CICS and related products, and work with RACF security, SMF data, and related tools.

You will create traces, dumps, and problem reports, collaborate with vendors, and contribute to problem determination and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• IBM/vendor support experience with IBM and vendor sites; open problem cases, ask questions, send dumps.
• SMP/E knowledge for CICS installations and product integration.
• In-depth RACF security knowledge; implement CICS security and RACF rules.
• SMF data handling; ability to collect/manipulate CICS 110 records.

Responsibilities

• Create and configure traces (Aux/GTF) to assist in problem management.
• Produce and interpret CICS shutdown statistics for growth projections.
• Install and manage RACF security for CICS resources.
• Create and manage RDO definitions for resources (transactions, programs, files, TDQ).

Skills

IBM/vendor support

SMP/E

RACF security

SMF

Problem determination

CICS MRO

Set traces

CICS shutdown stats

Dynamic storage

RDO

Web Services in CICS

Tivoli/Omegamon

Intertest/Symdump

SDS – CAFC

Trillium/Code1

File-aid

Splunk reporting

Tools

Tivoli/Omegamon

Intertest/Symdump

Splunk

File-aid

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 RACF (must be able to install security on CICS and associated products and create RACF 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
• RACF security – ability to install CICS security requirements, maintain RACF 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.)
• 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)