Senior CICS Administration Consultant (2 Openings)

Overview

$90-95
Contract - W2
Contract - possible exten(s)ions
25% Travel

Skills

COBOL
JCL
Scripting languages
IBM mainframe

Job Details

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Title: Senior CICS Administration Consultant (2 Openings)
Duration: 6 Months with possible extensions
Location: Remote Initial 1 week Onsite
Description:
      • Maintain IBM CICS and Message Queuing (MQ) software including all changes, upgrades, and patching
      • Address and questions and issues related to IBM CICS and Message Queuing (MQ) software.
      • Maintain software, CICS and MQ environments in compliance with the security guidelines
      • Diagnose and resolve CICS environment system abends and abnormal operating problems using system logs, and other available logs and documents. This includes creating and interpreting system traces and dumps, job output, and monitoring tools.
      • Install, customize, upgrade and maintain CICS and MQ Software on mainframe computer platforms running z/OS.
      • Participate in planning and executing database migrations, and application software upgrades/migrations.
      • Analyze CICS & MQ software environments to provide performance-tuning recommendations and plans.
      • Create, define, modify, and understand CICS parameters to be able to create new regions per requested criteria without assistance.
      • Create and maintain backup processing for CICS & MQ and their associated products.
      • Provide support in solving CICS applications and system-related problems
      • Installing software - Running installation jobs and scripts, Performing installation-specific customization tasks
      • System parameters/parmlib maintenance
      • Maintaining ACF2
      • Capacity planning
      • Integration-testing the new products with existing applications and user procedures
      • System-wide performance tuning to meet required levels of service
      • Performing IPLs, conducting DR exercise
      • Monitoring system performance
      • Managing incidents on z/OS-related issues
      • SMF configuration/SMS policies updates and maintenance.
      • Planning hardware and software system upgrades and changes in configuration
      • Automating operations.

Qualifications:

      • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field or equivalent experience
      • 10+ experience with CICS system administration, including setup, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.
      • Proficiency in mainframe technologies, JCL, COBOL, and scripting languages.
      • Knowledge of CICS transaction server, CICS Performance Analyzer, and debugging tools.
      • Understanding of database systems, security, and network protocols related to mainframe environments.
      • Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and effective communication skills.
      • Certifications related to IBM mainframe or CICS are highly regarded.

About us:
DivIHN, the 'IT Asset Performance Services' organization, provides Professional Consulting, Custom Projects, and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization, Specialization, and Collaboration.

DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.