CICS & z/OS Mainframe Systems Engineer

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

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