Apolis · 4 days ago
Mainframe CICS Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$0/hr - $65/hrApolis is a company seeking a Mainframe CICS Engineer responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operation functions. The role involves working in a large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment, providing on-call support and maintenance, and collaborating with application developers and operations teams.
ConsultingEnterprise ApplicationsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Information TechnologyIT InfrastructureIT ManagementMobileSoftwareWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Responsible for all phases of CICS engineering, system and software maintenance, and CICS related operation functions
Comfortable working with CICS in a 24x7 large scale Sysplex and CICSPlex environment
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
Good oral/written communication skills
Preferred
Assembler, COBOL and REXX coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
Web application support in a CICS TS V5.x and/or 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
Apolis
Apolis is a IT consultancy that offers provides ERP solutions, hosting, assessment, web and mobile, IT staffing and IT workforce solutions.
Founded in 1996
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Amar Shokeen
President/ CEO
Rita Shokeen
COO
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