Lead Systems Engineer (z/OS and CICS) - Dallas

Lead Systems Engineer (z/OS and CICS) - Dallas

Tampa,FL 33603 

Dallas,TX 75203

• Being a member of the IT Business Unit, Mainframe Software Engineer will be responsible for Develop, maintain, continuously improve and support CICS infrastructure within the ownership of the Transactional Technologies systems.
• Provide expert infrastructure oversight, ensuring successful delivery and performance of IT services for our clients and the fulfilment of our obligations and Service Levels Targets.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installation, customization, and administration of CICS/Transaction Server on IBM z/OS
• Define and modify CICS parameters, CICS RDO definitions, and CICS Tables.
• Learn and master critical proprietary business systems built on CICS
• Assist with testing, implementation, and installation of CICS and associated software.
• Diagnose and resolve CICS environment system abends and abnormal operating problems using system logs, and other available logs and documents.
• Ability to deliver multiple concurrent agile projects/tasks on time and a focus on quality
• Participate in weekend DR tests
• Participate in an on-call rotation
• Follow a detailed ITIL-based process

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Submission Summary):

1. Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

2. 6+ years in a z/OS Environment with at least 4 years in CICS Administrator/Developer Role

3. Understanding of z/OS components such as JCL, SCHEDULE, RACF, JES2, SMP/e, Virtual Memory

4. Experience in Abendaid, TMON, CICSPLEX, CAFC, CTG or similar tools

5. Understanding of CICS Internals, CICS Tables, CICS Resources, CICS Datasets, CICS-RACF interface

6. Experience in COBOL, REXX or Assembler to develop/maintain/improve in-house programs and utilities

7. Knowledge of on-line programming using CICS and MQ

8. Knowledge of RACF to maintain CICS environments in compliance with the security guidelinesx

9. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.