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# Mainframe Programmer

- **Company:** Tekshapers Inc
- **Location:** Dallas, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Layers, Customer Information Control System (CICS), COBOL (Programming Language), IBM DB2, Job Control Language (JCL), Rexx (Programming Language), Pl/i, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Z/OS
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/87eb444f-7c43-4223-b9e7-3d1893720652

## About the Role

8+ years hands-on z/OS experience, with significant time spent below the application layer

Strong HLASM required, and not substitutable by COBOL or PL/1 experience

Binder and linkage-editor fluency

Working knowledge of Language Environment internals, VSAM/QSAM control blocks, and the z/OS authorization model (APF, authorized concatenations

Comfort with JCL and REXX; dump and abend analysis (IPCS, SLIP, GTF or component trace

Nice to have: Db2 language interface internals, CICS global user exits and threadsafety, IMS DL/1 or MQ internals, SMP/E, experience with z/o

Strace or

diagnostic tooling, or IBM Z certifications.



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