Senior CICS System Administrator

Diné Development Corporation

About The Position

DDC IT Services is currently seeking individuals with Mainframe experience to be a Senior CICS System Administrator. Our selected candidate will provide support to the day‑to‑day operations of the Ecosystem Mainframe LOB.

Requirements

  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Good analytical and reporting skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Good documentation and process skills
  • Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
  • Experience with Remedy IT Ticketing system
  • Experience supporting CICS
  • Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
  • Internet
  • SharePoint
  • Must hold ONE of the qualifying IAT Level I certifications: A+ CE CCNA‑Security Network+ CE SSCP

Responsibilities

  • Maintain IBM CICS and Message Queuing (MQ) software including all changes, upgrades, and patching.
  • Address questions and issues related to IBM CICS and Message Queuing (MQ) software.
  • Maintain software, CICS and MQ environments in compliance with the security guidelines.
  • Diagnose and resolve CICS environment system abends and abnormal operating problems using system logs and other available logs and documents. This includes creating and interpreting system traces and dumps, job output, and monitoring tools.
  • Install, customize, upgrade and maintain CICS and MQ Software on mainframe computer platforms running z/OS.
  • Participate in planning and executing database migrations, application software upgrades/migrations.
  • Analyze CICS & MQ software environments to provide performance tuning recommendations and plans.
  • Create, define, modify, and understand CICS parameters to be able to create new regions per requested criteria without assistance.
  • Create and maintain backup processing for CICS & MQ and their associated products.
  • Administer and implement CICS web services environment including assisting programmers in understanding requirements for use.
  • Have a thorough understanding and experience of IBM SMP/E environment and ability to use SMP/E to install software as a lead technician.
  • Other duties assigned.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life and disability coverage
  • retirement savings with company match
  • paid time off
  • voluntary supplemental benefits
  • employee assistance program
  • educational assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
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