CICS System Administrator

Our client is looking for a CICS System Administrator for Long term project in Hartford, CT/ St. Paul's MN/ Atlanta, GA / Cockeysville, MD (Hybrid) below is the detailed requirements.

Job Title: CICS System Administrator

Location: Hartford, CT/ St. Paul's MN/ Atlanta, GA / Cockeysville, MD (Hybrid 2/3 days client office)

Duration: Long term contract

Job Description:

• Perform mainframe CICS software upgrades coupled with administration and tuning to support mainframe environments.
• Provide high degree of technical support (24*7) to reduce the likelihood of significant service outage or disaster.
• Analyse new versions of CICS for functionality improving systems performance and reduce cost.
• Tracking and analyzing performance and resource utilization of CICS systems
• CICS Performance & Tuning, CICS Monitoring CICS dump analysis, knowledge of IPCS and Fault Analyzer Assembler coding
• Recommend changes, upgrades, and enhancements based on the technical analysis.
• Perform problem diagnostics and resolutions as well.
• Participate in incident and problem management activities related to applications and CICS.
• Encourage and ensure collaboration across functional users and vendors to provide guidance and manage different tasks with a can-do attitude.
• Execute project and internal initiative responsibilities as assigned or delegated.
• Walking ahead by being enthusiastic and responsible for strengthening and developing system skills.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, best practices, and run books for the operational platform.
• experience in installing and/or customizing mainframe CICS software in Large Data sharing environments.
• experience with CICSplex and CICS Explorer to manage CICS systems.
• Solid understanding of resource definitions and its dependencies.
• CF structures and its practical use in a business environment.
• Experience with Omegamon and Fault Analyzer along with basic dump analysis skills on IPCS.
• Experience in cloning and sunsetting CICS regions.
• Basic understanding of CICS security with RACF.
• Exposure to working with SMF 110 records and its practical application in terms of problem determination.
• Strong problem determination skills in both system and application areas
• Proficient in working with high availability environment along with alignment to process (ITIL)
• Experience working with and maintaining other vendor tools for CICS as well as exposure to common z/OS tools like SDSF RMF etc.
• Experience with automating CICS events via CICSplex RTA and/or system automation tools on z/OS.

Looking forward for your reply.

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Our client is looking for a CICS System Administrator for Long term project in Hartford, CT/ St. Paul's MN/ Atlanta, GA / Cockeysville, MD (Hybrid) below is the detailed requirements.

Job Title: CICS System Administrator

Location: Hartford, CT/ St. Paul's MN/ Atlanta, GA / Cockeysville, MD (Hybrid 2/3 days client office)

Duration: Long term contract

Job Description:

• Perform mainframe CICS software upgrades coupled with administration and tuning to support mainframe environments.
• Provide high degree of technical support (24*7) to reduce the likelihood of significant service outage or disaster.
• Analyse new versions of CICS for functionality improving systems performance and reduce cost.
• Tracking and analyzing performance and resource utilization of CICS systems
• CICS Performance & Tuning, CICS Monitoring CICS dump analysis, knowledge of IPCS and Fault Analyzer Assembler coding
• Recommend changes, upgrades, and enhancements based on the technical analysis.
• Perform problem diagnostics and resolutions as well.
• Participate in incident and problem management activities related to applications and CICS.
• Encourage and ensure collaboration across functional users and vendors to provide guidance and manage different tasks with a can-do attitude.
• Execute project and internal initiative responsibilities as assigned or delegated.
• Walking ahead by being enthusiastic and responsible for strengthening and developing system skills.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, best practices, and run books for the operational platform.
• experience in installing and/or customizing mainframe CICS software in Large Data sharing environments.
• experience with CICSplex and CICS Explorer to manage CICS systems.
• Solid understanding of resource definitions and its dependencies.
• CF structures and its practical use in a business environment.
• Experience with Omegamon and Fault Analyzer along with basic dump analysis skills on IPCS.
• Experience in cloning and sunsetting CICS regions.
• Basic understanding of CICS security with RACF.
• Exposure to working with SMF 110 records and its practical application in terms of problem determination.
• Strong problem determination skills in both system and application areas
• Proficient in working with high availability environment along with alignment to process (ITIL)
• Experience working with and maintaining other vendor tools for CICS as well as exposure to common z/OS tools like SDSF RMF etc.
• Experience with automating CICS events via CICSplex RTA and/or system automation tools on z/OS.

Looking forward for your reply.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.