Technical Team Lead CICS

SYSTEMTEC is seeking a Technical Team Lead for a remote opportunity. Candidate will lead and coordinate a team of technical professionals responsible for supporting critical mainframe and enterprise technology operations. This role combines technical oversight workload coordination issue resolution and resource planning in a fast-moving environment where responsive support may be required around the clock.

Required Qualifications of the Technical Team Lead:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship or work with Third-Party agencies.
• Bachelors degree in any field or 4 years of relevant professional experience; alternatively an associate degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field combined with 2 years of applicable experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of information systems experience.
• Hands-on experience with IBM z/OS CICS (CICSPlex strongly preferred) VSAM and SMP/E.
• Proficiency with COBOL JCL REXX and Assembler.
• Experience using system monitoring and performance analysis tools such as BMC or IBM Performance Analyzer.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a solid understanding of systems analysis principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent requests adapt to changing priorities and understand resource planning and organizational impacts.
• CMS / Public Trust clearance is required.

Preferred Skills/Experience of the Technical Team Lead:

• Experience with CICSPlex and complex z/OS production environments.
• Familiarity with application and business processes development and production environments databases utilities programming languages and system components.
• Experience gathering and documenting technical requirements.
• Ability to coordinate technical resources and balance assignments according to staff capabilities availability and business priorities.
• Experience working in a 24x7 operational support environment.

Responsibilities of the Technical Team Lead:

• Coordinate technical specialists across assigned work requests ensuring activities are appropriately prioritized and staffed.
• Review approved requests and assign work based on team availability technical expertise and overall business requirements.
• Track work progress evaluate performance and address technical or resource-related issues that could affect delivery.
• Coordinate necessary resources and facilitate communication among technical teams and stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot escalated issues and help identify practical solutions while maintaining operational continuity.
• Support continuous improvement and modernization efforts while ensuring dependable day-to-day technology operations.

Work Location: Remote. EST hours.

Compensation / Benefits: Full-Time Employment with SYSTEMTEC means competitive compensation access to health dental disability and life coverage and 401(k) with match.

***Please note: SYSTEMTEC is not set up to employ workers in the states of California New York and New Jersey .***

Required Experience:

Manager