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Ztek Consulting ยท 6 hours ago

Mainframe CICS Engineer

positionNew York, United States
timeContract
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid Level

Ztek Consulting is seeking a Mainframe CICS Engineer who will be responsible for all phases of CICS engineering and system maintenance. The role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work in a large-scale Sysplex environment while providing on-call support and interfacing with application developers.

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Hiring Manager
Mazhar Shaikh
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Responsibilities

Responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operational functions
Comfortable working with CICS in a 24x7 large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment
Able to interface with application developers and operations teams
Should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills
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

Qualification

CICS performance tuningCICS debuggingCICSPlex implementationSMP/E knowledgeCICS monitoring toolsCobol knowledgeMainframe Websphere MQAssembler codingREXX codingCICS Exits knowledgeWeb application supportZOS facilities understandingCICS Configuration ManagerCICS REST Services understandingApplication programming experienceCommunication skills

Required

Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrades and maintenance
Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment
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, including those that pertain to CICS region performance
Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS
Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning
Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ
Excellent oral/written communication skills

Preferred

Assembler, COBOL and REXX coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
Web application support in a CICS TS V6.x environment
Understanding of zOS facilities such as: APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, RLS, Coupling Facility
Utilization of CICS Configuration Manager
Working knowledge of zOS & CICS Explorer
Understanding of CICS REST Services
Prior Application programming experience a plus

Company

Ztek Consulting

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Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for its clients.
dateFounded in 2007
location
Duluth, Georgia, USA
people-size201-500 employees
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http://ztek-inc.com

H1B Sponsorship

Ztek Consulting has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Shefali Sharma
Founder
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