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# Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer - MQ

- **Company:** Ensono
- **Location:** Charleston, WV, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $60,000.0 - $152,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** IBM System I, Customer Information Control System (CICS), Disaster Recovery, Mainframes, Performance Monitor
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/2CF8D910DC1540268707D99B11CAE3DC/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
 * 10+ years experience on the zSeries (mainframe) platform including "hands on" technical experience (installation and maintenance of products) related to CICS TS and OEM product support.
 * Thorough working knowledge of the capabilities and use of CICS TS and installation and tailoring of CICS TS and as well as CICS TS related OEM products.
 * Thorough working knowledge and experience with the use of IBM's SMP/E. Strong analytical skills and understanding of CICS TS concepts, configuration and tailoring.
 * Thorough working knowledge of products used to monitor performance of CICS TS regions.
 * Self-motivated and able to work independently. Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high pressure situations.
 * Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
 * Standard Working Hours: Shift: 8AM to 5PM Local time
 * Oncall, overtime and scheduled weekend work required

## Description

Provide premium software support and services to Ensono mainframe clients as they relate to MQ.

Key Areas of Focus for this Role

 * Fulfill customer service orders (CSOs) for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to MQ software products.
 * Provide primary support for reported problems related to MQ software products.
 * Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis and in multiple time zones.
 * Follow procedures for installing MQ software products efficiently and according to best practices and Ensono standards (for productivity/scalability purposes).
 * Work with members of other functional towers in preparing customer partitions for regular (approximately once per year) operating system upgrade process via a checklist of proactive actions.
 * Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain MQ software products.
 * Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.
 * In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer's disaster recovery plans.
 * Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.
 * Follow ITSM change control procedures g:
 * Implementing vendor product specific corrections ("fixes") and
 * Upgrading, maintaining, enhancing or providing new options to applicable z/OS products within any given customer
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