Remote Senior CICS System Programmer (z/OS Expert)

Taleo; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Senior I O Engineer specializing in CICS System Programming to maintain and optimize the CICS environment on IBM z/OS. You will work across multi-LPAR and Parallel Sysplex, leveraging monitoring tools and automation to improve resilience and performance.

The role offers telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S., 24x7 on-call rotation, and opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams while delivering enterprise-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of z/OS system programming including TSO, JCL, started tasks, and RACF.
• 7+ years of CICS system programming with upgrades and RSUs.
• 7+ years with z/OS file types (PDS/PDSE, VSAM, zFS).
• 7+ years in ITSM processes (Incident, Change, Release).

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize CICS on IBM z/OS across multi-LPAR and Parallel Sysplex.
• Create and manage CICS regions; support resource definitions and troubleshoot stability.
• Diagnose incidents using Mainview, Splunk, MXG, Omegamon, Sysview, and Abend-aid.
• Integrate z/OS Connect APIs; contribute to automated deployments with XL Deploy and Artifactory.
• Use AI tools to streamline workflows, analyze capacity, and automate tasks.
• Support 24x7 operations on a rotating on-call schedule.

Skills

z/OS

CICS

RSUs

ITSM

Monitoring tools

CPSM

On-call

Disaster recovery

XL Deploy

Artifactory

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Mainview

Splunk

MXG

Omegamon

Sysview

Abend-aid

z/OS Connect

XL Deploy

Artifactory

Job description

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Senior I O Engineer specializing in CICS System Programming to maintain and optimize the CICS environment on IBM z/OS. You will work across multi-LPAR and Parallel Sysplex, leveraging monitoring tools and automation to improve resilience and performance.

The role offers telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S., 24x7 on-call rotation, and opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams while delivering enterprise-grade solutions.