Mainframe CICS System Administrator
Kyndryl•Phoenix, AZ
•$61,560 - $146,640•Hybrid
About The Position
As a Mainframe CICS System Administrator at Kyndryl, you’ll solve complex problems and identify potential future issues across the spectrum of platforms and services. You’ll be at the forefront of new technology and modernization, working with some of our biggest clients – which means some of the biggest in the world. This role requires employees to live in or around the Phoenix, AZ area. You will be responsible to be onsite 3 days a week. We will consider candidates who are willing to relocate to the area.
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in Mainframe CICS.
- Proven experience in CICS System Administration environment with work management, user management, journal management and performance management.
- Experience in CICS transaction server, related ISV products.
- Capable of Upgrading/Installing and Migrating CICS Transaction servers.
- Capable of Upgrading /Installing and supporting IBM & ISV related Products
- Proficient in technologies like P2V, V2V and P2P migrations.
- Proven experience on the CICS functionality and architecture.
- Basic Knowledge on the following technologies: z/OS, Unix System Services, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, Third party products.
- Excellent troubleshooting and customer service skills
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Assembler, COBOL, CICS, and DB2
- The ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Responsibilities
- Install, upgrade, and maintain CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) environments
- Apply patches (PTFs), manage version upgrades, and perform regression validation
- Configure and maintain CICS regions (production, test, DR)
- Maintain startup parameters and system initialization tables (DFHSIT)
- Monitor transaction performance and system health using tools such as: OMEGAMON / MainView / TMON
- Analyze transaction response times, CPU utilization, and storage usage
- Perform tuning to eliminate bottlenecks
- Participate in on-call rotation with the engineering teams.
- Follow a project through to completion, and/or to work as part of a larger team to complete the components of a complex project
Benefits
- medical and dental coverage
- disability
- retirement benefits
- paid leave
- paid time off
- Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
Upload and Match Resume
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
