Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer

IT Infrastructure & Operations
Ontario
November 11, 2024
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Job Description

Job Title: Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer
Location: Canada (Remote)
Contract Opportunity

Job Description

Skills Required:
Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrades and maintenance
Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions
Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions, including those that pertain to CICS region performance
Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS.
Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning
Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
Experience with Mainframe WebSphere MQ
Good oral/written communication skills

Skills desired:
Assembler, COBOL and REXX coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
Web application support in a CICS TS V5.x and/or V6.x environment
Understanding of zOS facilities such as: APF, Link list, VSAM, LPA, RLS, Coupling Facility
Utilization of CICS Configuration Manager
Working knowledge of zOS & CICS Explorer
Understanding of CICS REST Services
Prior Application programming experience a plus.

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