Job Description
Location preference (in the order of ranking):
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin, TX
- Houston, TX
- Dallas, TX
Key Notes from the Call:
Relevant Job Titles: System Programmer or System Administrator
Please avoid developer profiles as they do not align with the current demand.
• Required Skillsets:
○ CICS and MQ (Administration focus only)
– System installation
– Batch maintenance
– MQ logs/changes
○ Important: Candidates should have an Admin background, not development experience. Profiles with coding experience in CICS or MQ will not be considered.
Job Title: Mainframe CICS & MQ Admin
Location: San Antonio – Onsite
*Please confirm onsite availability in submission notes, local candidates will be prioritized*
Years of Experience:
Minimum 10+ years of experience in CICS/MQ on zOS administration
Top Required Skills:
- CICS product installation
- MQ product installation
- CICS/MQ upgrades
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
CICS Administrator
- Excellent skills on CICS administration which include CICS and its product administration
- Experience in CICS version upgrades/migration
- Applying patches to CICS software, Hostbridge
- CICS ISVs upgrades and maintenance
- Resource definition Online and batch mode
- CICS region build
- Knowledge on CICSPlex concepts (mandatory)
- Configuration of CICS initialization parameters
- Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues
- Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed
- Security administration for CICS
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- CICS intercommunication setup and maintenance
- 24*7 support
- Assist in application team on CICS specific issues
MQ on z/OS Administrator
- Expericne in MQ product upgrades and maintenance
- Defining and Monitoring MQ objects
- MQ region build
- Knowledge on MQ sharing concepts (mandatory)
- Operating with CICS adapter control functions to initiate and manage connections between WebSphere MQ and CICS
- Managing Websphere MQ resources(BSDS, Pagesets, buffer pools, logs)
Years of Experience: 14.00 Years of Experience
Job Tags
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