Mainframe CICS Engineer
Primary Location : Chicago, Illinois
V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a Mainframe CICS Engineer for our premier client in Chicago, Illinois .
Education and Experience
- A minimum of ten years working as a CICS Systems Programmer / Engineer.
- Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
- Knowledge of SMP / E, software upgrade and maintenance.
- Must have CPSM expereince.
- In depth knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics for tuning CICS regions.
- Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
- Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning.
- Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools Sysview.
- Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers.
- Experience with Mainframe WebSphere MQ.
Desired / preferred :
- Assembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits.
- Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment.
- Knowledge of zOS facilities such as : APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, Coupling Facility.
- Experience with CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool.
- Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer.
- Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas.
- Prior Application programming experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills, as well as in-depth knowledge in CICS performance & tuning, debugging and dump analysis.
WHAT YOU’LL DO :
Job Responsibilities :
- The Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer is responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operation functions.
- In order to be considered for this role must be comfortable working with CICS (and MQ) in an enterprise scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment.
V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.
S. V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks.
As a valued V-Soft Consultant, you’re eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more.
V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth.
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