CICS ADMIN

Tata Consultancy Services; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a CICS Admin in Salt Lake City to support IBM/vendor middleware, SMP/E installs, and ACF2 security. You will manage SMF data, diagnose problems, and drive upgrades while maintaining high availability across CICS, MQ for z/OS, and related middleware components.

Responsibilities include 24/7 operational support, system recovery activities, and providing guidance to development teams on middleware integration.

Qualifications

• Familiar with IBM/vendor support processes and open problem cases.
• In-depth SMP/E knowledge for CICS install work and related products.
• ACF2 security expertise, including creating CICS security rules.
• Moderate SMF data skills focusing on CICS 110 records.
• Strong problem determination to diagnose root causes and remediation steps.
• Adherence to middleware standards and contributing to standards development.
• Ability to recommend upgrades aligned with client/platform requirements.
• Experience installing/updating middleware maintenance and applying fixes.
• Ongoing middleware configuration to maintain system stability and performance.
• Provision of 24/7 operational support for middleware systems.
• Middleware system recovery capabilities to ensure high availability.
• Provide guidance to development teams on middleware integration.
• Support MQ for z/OS and CICS messaging and transaction platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 operational support for middleware ecosystems.
• Perform maintenance, upgrades and configuration changes.
• Optimize middleware performance through tuning and monitoring.
• Guide application teams on middleware integration and best practices.
• Support MQ for z/OS and CICS environments to ensure reliability.

Skills

IBM/vendor support

SMP/E

ACF2 security

SMF analysis

Problem diagnosis

Middleware standards

Upgrade planning

Maintenance & configuration

Performance tuning

24/7 support

CICS recovery

MQ for z/OS & CICS

Tools

MQ for z/OS

SMF tooling

ACF2 tooling

Job description

Job Description

CICS ADMIN

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 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
• Adhere to defined middleware standards and contribute to the development and improvement of technical standards.
• Recommend middleware and utility upgrades in alignment with client and platform requirements.
• Evaluate, download, install, update, and apply preventive and remedial maintenance for middleware platforms.
• Perform and support ongoing middleware configuration changes to ensure system stability and performance.
• Manage maintenance, upgrades, and configuration changes for client third party supplier middleware utilities.
• Optimize middleware performance through proactive monitoring, tuning, and configuration adjustments.
• Provide 24/7 operational support for middleware systems and associated utilities.
• Perform middleware system recovery activities to ensure high availability and resilience.
• Provide technical guidance and advice to application development teams on middleware integration.
• Support application messaging and transaction platforms including MQ for z/OS and CICS environments.

Salary Range- $100,000-$115,000 a year