CICS Systems Programmer

Immediate need for a talented CICS Systems Programmer. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Phoenix, AZ(Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-02442

Pay Range: $60 - $65/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:

• Install, configure, maintain, and support IBM CICS Transaction Server environments on z/OS.
• Perform CICS system programming activities including upgrades, patches, maintenance, and migrations.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity planning for CICS regions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex CICS, z/OS, VTAM, TCP/IP, and middleware-related issues.
• Support high-availability and disaster recovery initiatives for mainframe systems.
• Configure and maintain CICS resources including transactions, programs, files, queues, journals, and security definitions.
• Work closely with application development, infrastructure, storage, DB2, MQ, and operations teams.
• Implement automation and operational improvements using REXX, JCL, and scripting tools.
• Participate in production support, incident management, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, audit, and change management processes.
• Support performance tuning and optimization of CICS workloads.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and recovery plans.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in Mainframe Systems Programming.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM CICS Transaction Server on z/OS.
• Expertise in z/OS system administration and mainframe infrastructure support.
• Strong knowledge of:
• CICS TS
• z/OS
• JCL
• SMP/E
• VTAM
• TCP/IP
• RACF
• JES2/JES3
• DFSMS
• Experience with CICS performance tuning and debugging.
• Knowledge of IBM utilities, dump analysis, and system diagnostics.
• Experience with automation tools and scripting (REXX preferred).
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery and high-availability concepts.
• Ability to support 24x7 production environments and participate in on-call rotations.
• Experience with IBM MQ, DB2, IMS, or WebSphere integration.
• Exposure to enterprise monitoring tools and automation frameworks.
• Experience in large banking, insurance, healthcare, or financial services environments.
• IBM Mainframe certifications are a plus.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices in mainframe modernization initiatives is preferred.
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

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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