Hybrid CICS System Administrator — Mainframe Performance

Motion Recruitment; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Mainframe CICS System Administrator to join our Phoenix-area infrastructure operations team. This full-time, hybrid role requires three days onsite weekly and involves enterprise-scale mainframe environments, CICS TS, performance monitoring, and mission-critical workloads.

The ideal candidate will troubleshoot complex systems, optimize performance, and contribute to modernization efforts alongside senior engineers and operators.

Qualifications

• 5+ years supporting IBM mainframe environments.
• Experience administering CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS).
• Experience applying PTFs and supporting system upgrades.
• Knowledge of production, test, and disaster recovery environments.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and upgrade CICS TS environments.
• Support version upgrades and patch implementation.
• Administer production, test, and disaster recovery regions.
• Monitor transaction performance and system health.
• Analyze CPU, storage, and transaction response metrics.
• Perform tuning activities to improve application performance.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams.

Skills

5+ years in IBM mainframe environments

CICS TS administration

PTFs and system upgrades

Production, test, DR environments

Performance monitoring

Troubleshooting

Transaction processing understanding

Config parameter management

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Mainframe CICS System Administrator to join our Phoenix-area infrastructure operations team. This full-time, hybrid role requires three days onsite weekly and involves enterprise-scale mainframe environments, CICS TS, performance monitoring, and mission-critical workloads.

The ideal candidate will troubleshoot complex systems, optimize performance, and contribute to modernization efforts alongside senior engineers and operators.