Mainframe CICS Engineer - New York, United States - Software Guidance and Assistance, Inc.

Description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Mainframe CICS Engineer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Investment Banking clients in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:

• The Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer is responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operation functions.
• The candidate must be comfortable working with CICS (and MQ) in a 24x7 large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment and must be able to interface with application developers and operations teams.
• The CICS engineer should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills, as well as in-depth knowledge in CICS performance & tuning, debugging and dump analysis. On-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours are needed to support the CICS environment and to resolve issues. #LI-SK1

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
• Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrade and maintenance
• Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions
• Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
• Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions that pertain to CICS region performance
• bility to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning
• Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS.
• Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
• Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ- Good oral/written communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• ssembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
• Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment- Understanding of zOS facilities such as: APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, Coupling Facility
• Good Project Management skills- Knowledge of the CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool
• Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer- Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas
• Prior Application programming experience a plus.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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