CICS Technical Lead

Hansen Talent Group; Columbia (SC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hansen Talent Group seeks a strong CICS System Programmer with team leadership experience to support a large data center environment. This is a remote position requiring a public trust clearance and background check.

The CICS Technical Lead will oversee the middleware work across the CICS subsystem within a z/OS mainframe, while providing hands-on CICS support and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and industry regulations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data center environments, supporting CICS subsystems.
• Hands-on SMP/E experience for installations.
• Experience with VSAM storage solutions for backup/recovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead CICS technical teams, assign work tasks, and track progress on projects.
• Assist in CICS installations, configurations, and upgrades, ensuring production requirements and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and use REXX scripts to support middleware automation.
• Monitor system performance with IBM and BMC tools, identifying bottlenecks and tuning.

Skills

CICS

Team leadership

Data center experience

SMP/E

VSAM

Job description

Hansen Talent Group is seeking a strong CICS System Programmer with team leadership experience to support a large data center environment. This is a remote position requiring candidates to undergo a public trust clearance as well as background check and drug test.

The CICS Technical Lead will be responsible for overseeing the work assignments across the middleware team supporting the CICS subsystem within a large z/OS mainframe environment as well as providing hands‑on CICS support.

Duties:

• Participate in discovery and planning activities to determine resources needed and technical direction required to meet client requirements and corporate strategy.
• Direct CICS technical teams, assigning work tasks and tracking progress on all projects as well as reviewing daily operational support efforts.
• Assist in CICS installations, configurations, and upgrades within the system. Ensuring the subsystem meets all business and production requirements as well as compliant with federal, state, and industry regulations.
• Support CICS integrations with MQ and RACF. Develop REXX scripts to support middleware automation and increase system efficiency.
• Utilizing IBM and BMC tools to monitor and track system performance, identifying bottlenecks and performance tuning as required.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and activities, ensuring redundancies are in place and working with VSAM to support backup and recovery.

Qualifications:

• In-depth experience working in data center environments, supporting CICS sub systems
• Hands‑on work withSMP/E for installations
• Experience with VSAM storage solutionsto support back up/recovery efforts