CICS Systems Programmer- Contract

Experience working in a 24x7 large scale, parallel Sysplex, CICSPlex, MQ sharing and DB2 data sharing environment with skills in CICSPlex SM implementation, customization and dynamic transaction routing, etc. - Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrade, maintenance, installation and customization - Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment - Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions that pertain to CICS region functionality and performance - Proficient in problem determination, dump analysis such as IPCS, and performance tuning - Web services application support in a CICS TS V5 environment - Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions - Knowledge of the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS - Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers - Good oral/written communication skills - Experience with auditing of CICS environment using U.S. standards - Project management skills using tools such as Agile, Jira and Kanban