Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – CICS

Ensono; Columbus (OH); A distancia; USD 65.000 - 123.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life and A

Flexible spending accounts

Family Forming Benefit including Fertl

Descripción de la vacante

Ensono seeks a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – CICS Remote to deliver premium support for CICS TS on z/OS across client environments in the United States. The role emphasizes installation, troubleshooting, and optimization of OEM products, with coverage across time zones to provide 24/7 support.

You will participate in migrations, disaster recovery tasks, and coordinate with other teams while following ITSM change control procedures and Ensono standards for productivity and scalability.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years on the zSeries mainframe, with hands-on CICS TS and OEM product support.
• Thorough knowledge of CICS TS capabilities and related OEM products.
• Thorough knowledge of IBM SMP/E.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of CICS TS concepts.

Responsabilidades

• Fulfill CSOs for z/OS customers related to CICS TS and OEM products.
• Provide primary support for reported CICS TS problems.
• Provide 24x7x365 support across multiple time zones.
• Install OEM software following Ensono standards for productivity and scalability.
• Prepare customer partitions for annual OS upgrades using a proactive checklist.
• Support customer migrations and transitions related to CICS TS and OEM products.
• Assist migration of newly acquired customers to address technical hurdles.
• Coordinate with Disaster Recovery Services on DR plans.
• Adhere to ITSM change control procedures and release processes.
• Implement vendor product corrections and upgrades to z/OS products.

Conocimientos

CICS TS knowledge

zSeries mainframe experience

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Self-motivated

Multi-tasking

Educación

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Herramientas

SMP/E

Descripción del empleo

Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – CICSRemote - United StatesJR014370

Provide premium software support and services to Ensono mainframe clients as they relate to CICS.

Position Summary

Key Areas of Focus for this Role

• Fulfill customer service orders (CSOs) for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.

• Provide primary support for reported problems related to CICS TS and related OEM software products.

• Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis and in multiple time zones.

• Follow procedures for installing OEM software products efficiently and according to best practices and Ensono standards (for productivity/scalability purposes).

• Work with members of other functional towers in preparing customer partitions for regular (approximately once per year) operating system upgrade process via a checklist of proactive actions.

• Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain to CICS TS and related OEM software products.

• Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.

• In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer’s disaster recovery plans.

• Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.

• Follow ITSM change control procedures g:

• Implementing vendor product specific corrections (“fixes”) and

• Upgrading, maintaining, enhancing or providing new options to applicable z/OS products within any given customer

What the Ideal Candidate Brings to this Role

Required Qualifications help to assure new Associates are set up for success in their role with Ensono. To be considered for this career opportunity, it is important that you meet all Required Qualifications. Candidates that may meet some, but not all, Other Qualifications are still encouraged to apply.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years experience on the zSeries (mainframe) platform including “hands on” technical experience (installation and maintenance of products) related to CICS TS and OEM product support.

• Thorough working knowledge of the capabilities and use of CICS TS and installation and tailoring of CICS TS and as well as CICS TS related OEM products.

• Thorough working knowledge and experience with the use of IBM’s SMP/E.

• Strong analytical skills and understanding of CICS TS concepts, configuration and tailoring.

• Thorough working knowledge of products used to monitor performance of CICS TS regions.

• Self-motivated and able to work independently.

• Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high pressure situations.

• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)

• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.

Standard Working Hours:

• Shift: 8AM to 5PM Local time

• Oncall, overtime and scheduled weekend work required

Why Ensono (https://www.ensono.com/company/culture/) ?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off

• Three health plan options

• 401k with company match

• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts

• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement

• Paid childbearing and paternal leave

• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding

• Sabbatical leave

• Wellness program

• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $65,000 to $123,000 salary, based on a fulltime schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .

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