LanceSoft, Inc. ยท 5 days ago
Mainframe CICS Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
Mid Level
$85/hr - $95/hrLanceSoft, Inc. is a staffing company seeking a Mainframe CICS Engineer. The role involves all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and operational functions in a large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment, requiring strong analytical and communication skills.
Information Technology
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
Provide on-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours to support the CICS environment and resolve issues
Qualification
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
LanceSoft, Inc.
Established in 2000, LanceSoft is a pioneer in delivering top-notch Global Workforce Solutions and IT Services to a diverse clientele.
Founded in 2000
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ram Karuppusamy
Chairman & CEO
Simon Dealy
Chief Financial Officer
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