Job Role – Mainframe CICS Admin
Experience: 8 To 12 + year of Experience .
Location – Remote
Job Description
Skill: Mainframe CICS Admin
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:
· 8+ years of experience familiar with IBM and other vendors web sites: Open problem cases, ask questions, prepare and send dumps.
· SMP/E – in depth knowledge to do install work on CICS and any associated products.
· Security – in depth knowledge of ACF2 (must be able to install security on CICS and associated products and create ACF2 security rules as they pertain to CICS).
· SMF – moderate skill set required to gather and manipulate SMF data (specifically the CICS 110 records).
· Problem determination skills – ability to diagnose problem and determine root cause and remediation.
· Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration).
· Set traces (Aux and GTF) – ability to set traces to aid vendors in problem management and determination.
· CICS shutdown statistics – be able to produce and interpret shutdown stats to aid in problem determination and growth projections.
· Understanding of the CICS dynamic storage areas and how to manipulate for short on storage situations or to accommodate future growth of applications.
· Create both transaction and system dumps (and port to vendors for analysis).
· RDO (resource definition online) – must be able to create any resource needed on CICS (e.g transactions, programs, files, transient data queue, LSR groups, etc).
· Web Services – creating and supporting of web services within CICS.
· Broadcom ACF2 security – ability to install CICS security requirements, maintain ACF2 security within CICS and on all CICS resources.
· Tivoli/Omegamon products (this is our monitoring software for CICS, z/OS, MQ, IIB, DB2 and the web portal (on windows) – our CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.).
· Broadcom Intertest/Symdump – product to debug CICS programs, product to format transaction dumps – install and maintain (and aid developers with questions and use)
· SDS – CAFC (CICS application file control) – install product and use for control of files, application lists and group lists. Assist Operators when needed on use and problem determination if applications are failing.
· Trillium and Code1 software – aid in installation and day to day management of software.
· Compuware products specifically File-aid – proficient at manipulation of files through file-aid software.
· Splunk – proficient at creating (modifying) Splunk reports (dashboards) to report on All CICS metrics (e.g CPU consumption, storage consumption, transaction volume, response times, wait times, etc).
Roles & Responsibilities:
· System Maintenance & Configuration: Installing, maintaining, and upgrading CICS Transaction Server, MQSeries, and related ISV products (e.g., BMC Mainview).
· CICS Region Management: Creating, configuring, and monitoring CICS regions (using tools like Omegamon) and managing CICSplex environments (CPSM) for load balancing.
· Performance Tuning: Analyzing system performance, adjusting System Initialization Table (SIT) parameters, and optimizing resources.
· Troubleshooting & Support: Providing 24x7 support, performing dump analysis, and resolving production issues (e.g., abends, transaction freezes).
· Security & Compliance: Enforcing security, managing user IDs, and ensuring compliance with company regulations.
· Other duties as assigned