CICS Systems Programmer

Kforce Inc.
Chandler, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Chandler, United States of America

Tech stack

Customer Information Control System (CICS)
IBM DB2
Distributed Systems
Mainframes
Performance Tuning
IBM Resource Access Control Facility
System Programming
Transaction Processing (Computing)

Job description

Kforce has a client in Chandler, AZ that is seeking a CICS Systems Programmer. Overview: We are hiring a CICS Systems Programmer to support and optimize high-volume transaction processing environments. This role is responsible for maintaining system stability and improving performance across enterprise CICS platforms. Responsibilities:

  • Support and maintain CICS production and test environments
  • Perform upgrades, patches, and configuration updates for CICS
  • Define and manage resource definitions (RDO) and system parameters
  • Monitor and tune transaction performance
  • Troubleshoot abends, dumps, and performance issues
  • Manage security controls (RACF) for transactions and user access
  • Support integration with DB2, MQ, IMS, and distributed systems
  • Ensure adherence to change management and ITIL processes

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with CICS systems programming
  • Strong knowledge of CICS TS, RDO, and region configuration
  • Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting
  • Familiarity with mainframe integration points (DB2, MQ, IMS)
  • Strong analytical and communication skills

Benefits & conditions

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

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