Remote Lead Mainframe CICS Engineer

Morgan Stanley; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer to manage CICS engineering, system maintenance, and CICSPlex operations in a remote US-based role. The position emphasizes performance tuning, 24x7 support, and collaboration with developers and operations to ensure reliable IT systems.

The role requires deep CICS, COBOL, and z/OS knowledge, with exposure to SMP/E, Sysview for CICS, and related mainframe tools.

Qualifications

• Experience with CICS in CICSPlex environments including SMP/E and performance tuning.
• Strong Cobol knowledge to support application developers.
• Experience with mainframe WebSphere MQ and CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and tune CICS in a 24x7 CICSPlex environment.
• Interface with application developers and operations teams to resolve issues.
• Provide on-call support and problem determination for CICS environments.

Skills

CICS

Cobol

Mainframe zOS

Sysview for CICS

SMP/E

Tools

CICS TS

CICS Configuration Manager

WebSphere MQ

CICS REST Services

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Lead Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer/Engineer to manage CICS engineering, system maintenance, and CICSPlex operations in a remote US-based role. The position emphasizes performance tuning, 24x7 support, and collaboration with developers and operations to ensure reliable IT systems.

The role requires deep CICS, COBOL, and z/OS knowledge, with exposure to SMP/E, Sysview for CICS, and related mainframe tools.