EdHike · 9 hours ago
Mainframe CICS Programmer
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expEdHike is seeking a Mainframe CICS Programmer with a strong financial background. The role involves maintaining and optimizing CICS environments, performing problem determination, and supporting application developers.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Vaishali Dhawan
Responsibilities
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
As a desired skill: 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
Qualification
Required
Need someone with financial background, recent financial exp is plus, 10+ year exp
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
EdHike
Welcome to EdHike — Where Innovation Drives Impact! At EdHike, we empower businesses and individuals with future-ready solutions across IT Services, Professional Training, and Staffing Excellence—anchored in deep expertise in ERP, AI, ML, and Cybersecurity.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase