Details of the job position:
Role: Mainframe CICS & MQ Admin
Job Location: Remote
Role Requirements:
Must have L3-level experience (ideally with exposure to L4-level mainframe responsibilities).
Relevant Job Titles: System Programmer or System Administrator.
Avoid:
o Developer profiles.
o Candidates with coding experience in CICS or MQ.
o Profiles focused on DB2 & CICS from an application/coding perspective (not relevant to administration).
Required Skillsets:
CICS and MQ Administration.
System installation of CICS, MQ, and all relevant products.
Ability to install or receive products requiring z/OS SMP/e and z/OSMF knowledge.
Handling MQ logs and changes.
Important Notes:
Profiles with coding experience in CICS or MQ will not be considered.
Avoid candidates whose experience is primarily application-side development.
Years of Experience:
Minimum 10+ years of experience in CICS/MQ on zOS administration
Top Required Skills:
- CICS product installation
- MQ product installation
- CICS/MQ upgrades
Job Description/ Responsibilities:
CICS Administrator
- Excellent skills on CICS administration which include CICS and its product administration
- Experience in CICS version upgrades/migration
- Applying patches to CICS software, Hostbridge
- CICS ISVs upgrades and maintenance
- Resource definition Online and batch mode
- CICS region build
- Knowledge on CICSPlex concepts (mandatory)
- Configuration of CICS initialization parameters
- Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues
- Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed
- Security administration for CICS
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- CICS intercommunication setup and maintenance
- 24*7 support
- Assist in application team on CICS specific issues
MQ on z/OS Administrator
- Expericne in MQ product upgrades and maintenance
- Defining and Monitoring MQ objects
- MQ region build
- Knowledge on MQ sharing concepts (mandatory)
- Operating with CICS adapter control functions to initiate and manage connections between WebSphere MQ and CICS
- Managing Websphere MQ resources(BSDS, Pagesets, buffer pools, logs)