CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer

Soho Square Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Mid-Senior level Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer. The role involves CICS engineering, software maintenance, and operational support in a 24x7 environment. Candidates should have knowledge of CICS parameters, performance tuning, and be able to support application developers. This is a 12-month remote contract opportunity based in the United States.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable working with CICS in a 24x7 large-scale Sysplex environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills required.
• On-call support and maintenance outside normal hours needed.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, software maintenance, and operational functions.
• Interface with application developers and operations teams.

Skills

Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrades and maintenance

Knowledge of CICS parameters for performance

Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and Performance Analyzer

Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation

Knowledge of CICS resource definitions

Experienced with CICS monitoring tools like Sysview

Ability for problem determination and performance tuning

Knowledge of Cobol for application support

Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ

Assembler, COBOL and REXX coding knowledge

Web application support in CICS TS V6.x

Understanding zOS facilities

Utilization of CICS Configuration Manager

Working knowledge of zOS & CICS Explorer

Understanding of CICS REST Services

Job description

Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer

12 months Contract

Remote

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

Accounting/Auditing, Finance, and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services, Financial Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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