Mainframe CICS systems programmer

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Engineer with 15 Plus years of experience in CICS systems programming.

• Basic Knowledge on the following technologies: z/OS, Unix System Services, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, Third party products

• Experience in CICS transaction server, related ISV products.

• As a Subject matter expert provide direct technical support as needed in the planning, coordination, installation, and implementation and testing of releases, upgrades, or changes to CICS and related ISV products.

• Capable of Upgrading/Installing and Migrating CICS Transaction servers.

• Diagnose CICS system and related product issues and follow up with root cause analysis.

• Capable of Upgrading /Installing and supporting IBM & ISV related Products Proficient in technologies like P2V, V2V and P2P migrations

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a IT related field or equivalent work experience

• Banking or financial services industry experience

• Knowledge of Assembler, COBOL, CICS, and DB2

• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Excellent troubleshooting and customer service skills

• Participate in on-call rotation with the engineering teams.

• The ability to follow a project through to completion, and/or to work as part of a larger team to complete the components of a complex project