CICS Mainframe programmer at HAN Staffing Iselin, NJ

Sunseeker Property Service; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HAN Staffing in Iselin, NJ is seeking a CICS Mainframe Programmer to join the Mainframe Services team. The role focuses on maintaining a highly available IBM z/OS environment with strong CICS, MQ, and SMP/E expertise, and on delivering reliable system performance for a large-scale enterprise.

The ideal candidate has about 8 years of experience, deep knowledge of z/OS components, and the ability to install, upgrade, and support CICS/MQ environments, review vendor documentation, and provide Tier-3

Qualifications

• We are looking for someone with strong marketing and communications background to create a campaign for the Meeting Experience program for general audiences and targeted communications for stakeholder and executive audiences Experience with planning and creating a training program for end users is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Install, upgrade, and manage CICS/MQ environments using SMP/E
• Provide Tier-3 support for the IBM Z Mainframe z/OS environment
• Install and maintain third party software products related to CICS/MQ
• Planning hardware and system software upgrades and changes in configuration
• Testing and evaluating IT vendor products
• Reviewing IT vendor literature to identify product deficiencies, workarounds, and scheduled patches/updates
• Identifying opportunities to improve system and application performance, including automating manual system tasks
• Monitoring and resolving automated system alerts/alarms that indicate system functions were not completed within established service levels
• Conducting root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting IT infrastructure
• Training system operators and application programmers
• Assuring compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines, and processes
• Writing documentation, including policies and procedures
• Adding, updating, and closing records in the Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management databases (ServiceNow)

Skills

z/OS concepts

CICS concepts

SYSPLEX concepts

z/OS performance monitoring

z/OS Security

Networking (TCPIP, VTAM)

Tools

TSO/ISPF

JES2

JCL

SMP/E

RDO/DFHCSDUP

DFHSIT

PLT

BMC MainView

SMF/SAS/MXG

Job description

CICS Mainframe Programmer

Location: Iselin, NJ, 08830

Company: HAN Staffing

8 years of experience required

This position is for a CICS Systems Programmer and a member of the Mainframe Services team that will primarily be accountable for ensuring a highly available mainframe system. This results‑oriented job requires a solid understanding of mainframe subsystems in a large scale IBM Parallel SYSPLEX environment.

Responsibilities

• Install, upgrade, and manage CICS/MQ environments using SMP/E
• Provide Tier-3 support for the IBM Z Mainframe z/OS environment
• Install and maintain third party software products related to CICS/MQ
• Planning hardware and system software upgrades and changes in configuration
• Testing and evaluating IT vendor products
• Reviewing IT vendor literature to identify product deficiencies, workarounds, and scheduled patches/updates
• Identifying opportunities to improve system and application performance, including automating manual system tasks
• Monitoring and resolving automated system alerts/alarms that indicate system functions were not completed within established service levels
• Conducting root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting IT infrastructure
• Training system operators and application programmers
• Assuring compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines, and processes
• Writing documentation, including policies and procedures
• Adding, updating, and closing records in the Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management databases (ServiceNow)

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with strong marketing and communications background to create a campaign for the Meeting Experience program for general audiences and targeted communications for stakeholder and executive audiences Experience with planning and creating a training program for end users is a plus.

• z/OS concepts and utilities including TSO/ISPF, JES2, JCL, etc.
• z/OS software installation using SMP/E
• CICS concepts and utilities including RDO/DFHCSDUP, DFHSIT, PLT, etc.
• SYSPLEX concepts including Coupling Facility (CF) structures, CICSplex topology (TOR/AOR/FOR), CICS Dynamic Routing, etc.
• z/OS performance monitoring, reporting, and tuning
• Utilizing system monitors (BMC MainView) and analyzing SMF records (SAS/MXG)
• z/OS Security (ACF2) and Networking (TCPIP, VTAM)