Mainframe CICS, MQ and WAS system programmer

Mainframe CICS, MQ and WAS System Programmer

Deep knowledge in maintain and support the CICS, MQ and WAS in IBM z/OS environments as Mainframe CICS & MQ system programmer. Deep knowledge in installing and configuration of CICS and MQ in z/OS systems and excellent in performing debugging and problem analysis. Deep knowledge in CICS & MQ version upgrade in IBM z/OS.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Install, maintain, and customize CICS Transaction Server and associated 3rd party software
• Monitor CICS environment across life cycles for error free operation and availability
• Perform administration functions like defining new regions and removing obsolete regions
• Apply RSU maintenance and maintain PORTS reserved for CICS
• Upgrade versions and constantly strive optimal response time of transactions
• Generate and analyze CICS region performance reports, and tune the parameters / configuration and improve the overall performance
• Provide support on CICS administration for application team requirements
• Perform system and application related region modifications upon request
• Analyze transaction ABENDs and maintain the CICS region connections
• Regularly review Automation and Dependency of systems tasks
• Provide support and troubleshooting for MQSeries on z/OS
• Provide installation, upgrade and maintenance support for applications using IBM MQSeries
• Monitor and manage MQ objects and queue managers to maintain subsystem availability in mainframe environment
• Perform backup of objects whenever new objects are added in the MQ QMGR and when requested by the authorized buyer application teams
• Delete particular message from the queue when requested by authorized buyer application teams
• Reset the channel, start and stop MQ subsystems
• Collect and publish monthly usage statistics for MQ queue manager, objects and messages
• Implement and regularly review Automation and Dependency of systems