Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
CICS
IBM DB2
IBM WebSphere MQ
Mainframe
Management
Network Layer
SMP/E
z/OS
Job Details
Role:- Mainframe CICS & MQ Admin
Location:- Chicago, IL - Onsite
Hire Type:- Contract
Role Requirements:
- Must have L3-level experience (ideally with exposure to L4-level mainframe responsibilities).
- Relevant Job Titles: System Programmer or System Administrator.
- Avoid:
- Developer profiles.
- Candidates with coding experience in CICS or MQ.
- Profiles focused on DB2 & CICS from an application/coding perspective (not relevant to administration).
Required Skillsets:
- CICS and MQ Administration.
- System installation of CICS, MQ, and all relevant products.
- Ability to install or receive products requiring z/OS SMP/e and z/OSMF knowledge.
- Handling MQ logs and changes.
Important Notes:
- Profiles with coding experience in CICS or MQ will not be considered.
- Avoid candidates whose experience is primarily application-side development.
Years of Experience:
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in CICS/MQ on z/OS administration
Top Required Skills:
- CICS product installation
- MQ product installation
- CICS/MQ upgrades
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
CICS Administrator
- Excellent skills on CICS administration which include CICS and its product administration
- Experience in CICS version upgrades/migration
- Applying patches to CICS software, Hostbridge
- CICS ISVs upgrades and maintenance
- Resource definition Online and batch mode
- CICS region build
- Knowledge on CICSPlex concepts (mandatory)
- Configuration of CICS initialization parameters
- Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues
- Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed
- Security administration for CICS
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- CICS intercommunication setup and maintenance
- 24*7 support
- Assist in application team on CICS specific issues
MQ on z/OS Administrator
- Experience in MQ product upgrades and maintenance
- Defining and Monitoring MQ objects
- MQ region build
- Knowledge on MQ sharing concepts (mandatory)
- Operating with CICS adapter control functions to initiate and manage connections between WebSphere MQ and CICS
- Managing WebSphere MQ resources(BSDS, Pagesets, buffer pools, logs)
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