Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
IBM
IBM AIX
IBM DB2
IBM WebSphere MQ
HCI
Linux
CICS
API
Red Hat Linux
VSAM
Oracle
Job Details
Role: IBM TX Series Developer with CICS
Location: Remote
Duration: Long term
Role
As a TXSeries CICS Application Developer, you will be responsible for enhancing, maintaining, and modernizing critical business applications developed in C and running on IBM TXSeries with CICS. You will work closely with infrastructure and cloud teams to transition these workloads to hybrid or cloud-native platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift or HCI environments. Key Responsibilities
- Analyze, maintain, and enhance applications developed in C using EXEC CICS commands.
- Understand and work with TXSeries CICS region configuration and transaction flows.
- Recompile CICS-based C applications for modern Linux environments.
- Design and implement solutions to containerize or replatform legacy transactional workloads.
- Migrate CICS application logic to modern microservices or API-based architecture where appropriate.
- Collaborate with architects, DBAs, and MQ teams to ensure end-to-end transaction flow.
- Implement logging, observability, and CI/CD practices for C-based transaction apps.
Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in C programming.
- Expertise with TXSeries / CICS on AIX/Linux/Windows.
- Familiarity with CICS commands (EXEC CICS SEND, LINK, RETURN, etc.).
- Knowledge of DB2, Oracle, or VSAM integration.
- Experience with IBM MQ or similar messaging systems.
- Understanding of transactional systems, syncpoints, and error handling in CICS.
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