Senior Systems Programmer

  • Columbia, SC
  • Posted 18 hours ago | Updated 18 hours ago

Overview

Remote
Hybrid
$52
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

CICS
COBOL
IBM
IBM WebSphere MQ
JCL
Mainframe
Unix
z/Linux
z/OS

Job Details

Job Title: Mainframe Systems Programmer
Location: Hybrid Work Model (Onsite 3 days/week, Remote option available)

Join our dedicated team of tech enthusiasts, ensuring top-notch system performance and addressing technical challenges with a customer-centric approach. We're looking for an experienced Mainframe Systems Programmer to manage and enhance our client's IBM z/OS MQ mainframe environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Troubleshoot and resolve test and production issues promptly.
  • Cater to customer requests, including creating new queues, queue managers, and adjusting queue depths.
  • Participate in diverse projects, from installing the latest MQ release to configuring MQ on servers.
  • Analyze error reports and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Conduct internal monitoring, such as checking queue depth.

Skills Required:

  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 6 years of IT work experience, including varied systems programming experience.
  • Proficiency in JCL, mainframe/host experience, IBM z/OS MQ mainframe, experience creating/maintaining queue managers and queues.
  • Familiarity with CICS, IBM WebSphere MQ, Cobol, Unix & zLinux is a plus.

Please note: This role operates in a fast-paced setting with a hybrid work schedule (onsite 3 days per week, with remote option available). Standard hours are 8:00 AM 4:30 PM, Monday Friday, with occasional overtime, on-call, weekends, and off-hours once fully trained. This position is not suitable for candidates with only user-level MQ knowledge or those lacking hands-on systems programming experience.

About SSi: With over 26 years of industry experience, SSi People has built its reputation and expertise on putting people first. Everything we do works toward delivering an exceptional experience for our consultants, our clients, and our internal team. Through a genuine commitment to people in everything we do. We have developed refined processes and a stellar internal team to deliver talent quickly. More importantly, we focus on building long-term relationships, not transactions. Putting people first is just what we do well.

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