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# Sr. CICS Systems Programmer

- **Company:** Dine Development Corporation
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Customer Information Control System (CICS), CLIST, COBOL (Programming Language), Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Job Control Language (JCL), IBM Mainframe, Rexx (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Software Deployment, Web Services, Z/OS, Tso/ispf
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9117786/sr-cics-systems-programmer

## About the Role

* Minimum 8 years of experience required.
 * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and training
 * Clearance Requirement: Secret
 * Certification Requirement: One of the following IAT Level I certification - A+ CE, Network+ CE, SSCP or CCNA Security

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Sr. CICS Systems Programmer to support and maintain IBM z/OS environments, including CICS and MQ middleware platforms, within a secure DoD enterprise environment. This role is responsible for system administration, software installation and upgrades, troubleshooting, performance tuning, security compliance, disaster recovery support, and technical documentation. The ideal candidate will have experience with IBM mainframe technologies, change management processes, and supporting mission-critical systems in a highly regulated environment., * Administer, install, configure, upgrade, and maintain IBM CICS, MQ, and related software environments on IBM z/OS mainframe platforms.

 * Troubleshoot and resolve system abends, outages, and performance issues using logs, traces, dumps, and monitoring tools.
 * Maintain secure and compliant environments in accordance with STIG/SRG, DoD, and cybersecurity requirements.
 * Perform software installations, migrations, upgrades, patching, and implementation activities across multiple mainframe environments.
 * Manage MQ environments, including queue managers, channels, queues, backup processing, and web services administration.
 * Develop and execute implementation, testing, recovery, and back-out plans for software and hardware changes.
 * Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs/TTPs, status reports, RCA reports, and installation procedures.
 * Utilize SMP/E, JCL, TSO/ISPF, REXX, CLIST, COBOL, and related IBM utilities to support system operations and automation.
 * Coordinate change management, incident management, CAB activities, and cross-functional implementation efforts using government-approved processes and tools.
 * Provide technical guidance, customer support, mentoring, and training to government personnel, junior technicians, and project teams.


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