CICS System Programmer

Job Responsibilities –

All activities related to CICS Systems Programming on IBM Mainframes running a large scale IT system

Installation and maintenance, debugging, performance and tuning, assisting applications programmers, support of a large variety of CICS sub product and related applications, and disaster recovery.

This may include working with other workgroups i.e. MQ Series, DB2, z/OS, Capacity and Performance Management and so Problem determination and resolution within expected time frame

Resolve problems in most effective way possible within SLA reaching root cause and preventing problems

Follow Change Management process to effectively manage environment changes

Support 24*7 on call support on rotation basis

Tracking and analysing performance and resource utilization of CICS systems

Recommend changes, upgrades, and enhancements based on the technical analysis

Develop and maintain technical documentation and knowledge bases

Upskill junior systems programmers

Required Skillsets –

Minimum 5+ years’ experience with CICS system Programming and administration

Strong knowledge of CICS, CICSplex and SMP/E

Good experience with Mainframe MQ administration

Experience working with: JCL, IPCS, diagnostic tools such as Omegamon or other equivalent tools

Skilled at troubleshooting problems in a CICS environment

Programming skills - COBOL,PL/1, C, REXX, Assembler

Proficient in working with high availability environment along with alignment to process (ITIL)

Ambitious individual who can work under own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work

Good interpersonal skills and team player

Added Advantage –

Experience with large complex environments running critical and 24*7 applications

Experiencewith aspects of MQ administration and operations

Proficiency with Assembler programming