CICS Systems Engineer

CICS Systems Engineer

Immediate need for a talented CICS Systems Engineer. This is a 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary (Northern Orlando, FL)(Onsite).

Job ID: 25-73161 Pay Range: $54 - $55/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Overview: CICS Team supports over 700 CICS Regions in several SYSPLEXs.
• Support of all aspects of the CICS product including Maintenance, New Versions and releases, Troubleshooting, performance and tuning, enhancements, z/OS Connect, CPSM, CICS Explorer and evaluation of new tools.
• Strong CICS background to staff a position within the CICS support group.
• The CICS support group interfaces with the business and other technical teams to provide a world class platform for the client.
• The candidate should be able to implement CICS vendor software maintenance and possess the knowledge of performance and tuning.
• Have good troubleshooting and diagnosis skills and provide business unit support and testing.
• This opportunity will provide the individual with an exposure to many aspects of CICS systems and system programming.
• The individual is required to participate in a 24x7 on call rotation with the team, providing 24 x 7 problem resolution and high systems availability.
• Interfacing with management and the technical staff to plan and prioritize projects tasks in accordance with departmental goals.
• Require a candidate with strong CICS background to staff a position within the CICS support group.
• The CICS support group interfaces with the business and other technical teams to provide a world class platform.
• The candidate should be able to implement CICS vendor software maintenance, z/OS Connect interfaces with CICS, CPSM, CICS Explorer and possess the knowledge of performance and tuning.
• Have good troubleshooting and diagnosis skills and provide business unit support and testing.
• This opportunity will provide the individual with an exposure to many aspects of CICS systems and system programming.
• The individual is required to participate in a 24x7 on call rotation with the team, providing 24 x 7 problem resolution and high systems availability.
• Interfacing with management and the technical staff to plan and prioritize projects tasks in accordance with departmental goals.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key skills; CICS System Engineer
• z/OS
• CPSM
• Daily support and upkeep of the Mainframe CICS Environment and supporting products and processes.
• Work with IBM and vendor utilities and be able to work with various technical groups to support real-time business functions.
• Hands on experience with the latest z/OS Versions and Release levels and Products including CICS TS V5.5 & V6.1, CPSM, CICS Explorer, z/OS connect, SMF, DFSMS, JCL, DFHSM, DFDSS, FDR, SYNCSORT, SMPE, TSO, SDSF, RACF, SVC Dumps, ACF2, MQ, Top secret,CA Sysview, TCP/IP,CAFC, IPCS, DB2, VSAM. Mainframe Disaster Recovery / Data Center Rotations.
• Utilization of ServiceNow (Project, Incident and Change Management), and working directly with the user community, and vendor technical support personnel
• Minimum of 5 years + experience in CICS. B.S. or B.A. or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree beneficial; certification beneficial
• Knowledge of CICS/TS internals and operations
• Proficient in the use of JCL and working with various vendor utility programs
• Good analytical skills, debugging skills, knowledge of COBOL and CICS Command Level language programming
• Good communication skills both written and oral are required as the individual must interface with application developers, support teams, software vendors and management staff
• Ability to provide 24x7 on call support on a rotational basis and Experience with zOS CONNECT and/or zOSMF.

Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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