Principal CICS Systems Programmer- Enterprise Infrastructure Mainframe Transaction
About The Position
The Fidelity Enterprise Infrastructure – Mainframe Transaction and Data Management team is seeking a Principal CICS Systems Programmer to join our organization. This person will provide infrastructure support leadership for the CICS Transaction Server and Data Replication support role. A senior level candidate will have previous highly technical CICS Systems Programming experience, strong problem solving skills, communication skills, organization skills, analytical skills, and the ability to work in a fast paced, production critical environment. This position supports the provisioning and maintaining CICS transaction servers, VSAM data replication, and disaster recovery on z/OS platforms in support of the business applications. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining technical infrastructures while providing technical direction and leadership to the team and business partners.
Requirements
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience in CICS Systems support, proficient with CICS system dumps as well as CICS System internal and CICS interfaces.
- 8+ years of technical leadership
- Knowledge in Assembler, COBOL and/or REXX
- Expertise with the following: z/OS, CICS, JCL, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, Control-M, CPSM, VSAM Replication, VSAM RLS, IPCS, CAFC, Abend Aid and Intertest.
- You are passionate about working in a team based agile environment and driving continuous improvement
- You have proven analytical, diagnostics, and problem solving skills, and a desire to assist others in solving complex technical issues
- You have excellent interpersonal skills with a strong interest in the z/OS platform support role
- You are highly motivated with the willingness to take ownership / responsibility for the work and the ability to work alone or as part of a team
- You have the ability to lead highly visible projects involving multiple groups and convey project status, ideas and technical solutions to multiple levels of leadership.
- You are an experienced z/OS Systems Programmer with a desire to stay current with technology.
- You will provide technical mentorship and active advisement to other team members and across business partners
- You will install, configure, upgrade, and maintain CICS, Data Replication, and related products into the z/OS environment
- You are able to communicate effectively and articulate your thoughts to your team and other teams across organizations
Responsibilities
- Provisioning, maintaining, and enhancing CICS transaction server infrastructures on z/OS platforms
- Demonstrate expert understanding of the infrastructure software, including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem diagnostics and resolution planning
- Advising management and peers on technical strategy and solutions
- Working across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Benefits
- comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
- market-leading retirement
- generous paid time off and parental leave
- charitable giving employee match program
- educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
