Mainframe CICS & MQ
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Mainframe CICS & MQ Specialist Experience: 10+ Years
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Months Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Mainframe CICS & MQ Specialist with strong expertise in installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support of IBM CICS and MQ subsystems . The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of CICS environments, RACF security, SMP/E, dump analysis, web services, and system performance monitoring. Top 3 Required Skills
Key Responsibilities
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Months Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Mainframe CICS & MQ Specialist with strong expertise in installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support of IBM CICS and MQ subsystems . The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of CICS environments, RACF security, SMP/E, dump analysis, web services, and system performance monitoring. Top 3 Required Skills
- CICS & MQ Installation and Configuration
- Integration: CICS / IMS / DB2 / MQ / Web Services
- Troubleshooting, Dump Analysis & FDC Analysis
Key Responsibilities
- Install, maintain, configure, and upgrade CICS Transaction Server, IBM MQSeries , and related ISV products.
- Create, configure, monitor, and manage CICS regions and CICSplex environments using CPSM.
- Perform CICS and MQ performance tuning , including analysis of SIT parameters and system resources.
- Provide production support and troubleshoot abends, transaction freezes, system issues, and other critical incidents.
- Perform CICS dump analysis, transaction/system dump creation, and MQ FDC analysis .
- Work with IBM and other vendor support teams to open problem cases, provide diagnostic information, and coordinate issue resolution.
- Demonstrate strong SMP/E knowledge for installation and maintenance of CICS and associated products.
- Manage RACF security , including installation, configuration, and creation/maintenance of security rules for CICS and associated products.
- Gather and analyze SMF data , including CICS 110 records.
- Diagnose complex problems, determine root causes, and implement remediation.
- Manage CICS MRO environments , including TOR and AOR configurations.
- Configure and analyze Auxiliary and GTF traces for problem determination.
- Generate and interpret CICS shutdown statistics for troubleshooting, capacity planning, and growth projections.
- Manage CICS dynamic storage areas and address short-on-storage situations and future application growth.
- Create and manage RDO resource definitions , including transactions, programs, files, transient data queues, LSR groups, and other CICS resources.
- Design, create, and support web services within CICS .
- Develop and maintain CICS reports and metrics covering CPU consumption, storage utilization, transaction volumes, response times, wait times, and related performance indicators.
- Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring to junior team members.
- Maintain strong documentation and demonstrate effective communication, coordination, problem-solving, and independent working skills.
- IBM CICS Transaction Server
- IBM MQ / MQSeries
- CICSplex / CPSM
- CICS MRO - TOR/AOR
- RACF Security
- SMP/E
- RDO
- SMF / CICS 110 Records
- Dump Analysis
- MQ FDC Analysis
- CICS Traces - Aux/GTF
- CICS Web Services
- IMS / DB2 / MQ Integration
- Performance Tuning & Monitoring
- MainView / Omegamon
- 10+ years of overall Mainframe experience
- Strong hands-on experience managing CICS and MQ subsystems
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-determination skills
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a technical team environment
- Experience mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior resources
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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