CICS Systems Programmer

TSR Consulting; Georgia; Remote; USD 123,984 - 137,760; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer in Georgia. This role focuses on CICS engineering, system maintenance, and operational functions with a need for strong analytical skills. Remote work is available, and candidates must be comfortable in a 24x7 operational environment. Knowledge in Cobol, CICS parameters, and problem determination is essential, along with experience in performance tuning.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable working with CICS in a 24x7 environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills are required.
• On-call support needed to resolve CICS issues.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all phases of CICS engineering and software maintenance.
• Interface with application developers and operations teams.
• Support CICS environment performance tuning and debugging.

Skills

Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrades and maintenance

Knowledge of CICS parameters in CICSPlex

Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation

CICS Performance Analyzer

Problem determination and dump analysis

Knowledge of Cobol

Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ

Assembler, COBOL and REXX knowledge

Understanding of zOS facilities

CICS Configuration Manager

Working knowledge of zOS & CICS Explorer

Understanding of CICS REST Services

Job description

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Base pay range

$90.00/hr - $100.00/hr

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Overview

As a global financial services firm, our client is committed to technological innovation. We rely on our technologists around the world to create leading-edge, secure platforms for all our businesses.

Department Overview

Enterprise Technology & Services (ETS) delivers shared technology services for CLIENT, supporting all business applications and end users. ETS provides capabilities for all stages of the software development lifecycle, enabling productive coding, functional and integration testing, application releases, and ongoing monitoring and support for over 3,000 production applications. ETS also delivers all workplace technologies (desktop, mobile, voice, video, productivity, intranet/internet) in integrated configurations that boost the personal productivity of employees. Application and end user functions are delivered on a scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure composed of seamlessly integrated datacenter, network, compute, cloud, storage, and database functions.

Our Team

The Enterprise Z organization (EZ) is a technology enabler for the business by providing a strong, resilient, and stable platform to host and enable business innovation/growth in our lines of business and global locations. EZ consists of experienced administration, operations and engineering staff required to support the platform. In addition to flexible hours, the Firm enables its staff to work remotely. The EZ engineers work with the latest hardware and software technologies. The IBM z platform and the mainframe disk and tape technologies are frequently refreshed across our datacenters.

Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer

The Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer is responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operational functions. The candidate must be comfortable working with CICS in a 24x7 large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment and must be able to interface with application developers and operations teams. The CICS engineer should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills, as well as in-depth knowledge in CICS performance & tuning, debugging and dump analysis. On-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours are needed to support the CICS environment and to resolve issues.

Skills Required

• Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrades and maintenance
• Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
• Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions
• Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
• Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions, including those that pertain to CICS region performance
• Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS.
• Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning
• Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
• Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ
• Assembler, COBOL and REXX coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
• Web application support in a CICS TS V6.x environment
• Understanding of zOS facilities such as: APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, RLS, Coupling Facility
• Utilization of CICS Configuration Manager
• Working knowledge of zOS & CICS Explorer
• Understanding of CICS REST Services

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

  Job function

  • Information Technology

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  • Medical insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)

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