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Mainframe CICS

· Job Posted February 24, 2026
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Job Description

Candidate will be responsible for the Management of Storage and related devices within a mainframe complex. As a Subject matter expert provide direct technical support as needed in the planning, coordination, installation, and implementation and testing of releases, upgrades, or changes to CICS and related ISV products.

Job Responsibility

  • Possesses expertise in mainframe CICS technologies
  • Responsible for the Management of Storage and related devices within a mainframe complex
  • As a Subject matter expert provide direct technical support as needed in the planning, coordination, installation, and implementation and testing of releases, upgrades, or changes to CICS and related ISV products
  • Capable of Upgrading/Installing and Migrating CICS Transaction servers
  • Capable of Upgrading /Installing and supporting IBM & ISV related Products
  • Primary on call support for CICS and associated ISV products
  • Diagnose CICS system and related product issues and follow up with root cause analysis
  • Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and tests as scheduled

Requirements

  • Engineer with 5 Plus years’ experience systems programming experience
  • Basic Knowledge on the following technologies: z/OS, Unix System Services, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, Third party products
  • Experience in CICS transaction server, related ISV products
  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a IT related field or equivalent work experience
  • Process driven management of technical operations and support
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The ability to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Excellent troubleshooting and customer service skills
  • The ability to follow a project through to completion, and/or to work as part of a larger team to complete the components of a complex project
  • Participate in on-call rotation with the engineering teams

Nice to have

  • Banking or financial services industry experience
  • Knowledge of Assembler, COBOL, CICS, and Db2

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