Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer

SN Required Information Details

1 Role Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer

2 Required Technical Skill Set Mainframe CICS administration

3 Desired Experience Range 7-15 years

4 Location of Requirement Bangalore / Mumbai

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)

Must-Have

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• IBM/vendor support – familiar with IBM and other vendors web sites: Open problem cases, ask questions, prepare and send dumps.
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• SMP/E – in depth knowledge to do install work on CICS and any associated products
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• 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)
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• SMF – moderate skill set required to gather and manipulate SMF data (specifically the CICS 110 records)
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• Problem determination skills – ability to diagnose problem and determine root cause and remediation
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Good-to-Have

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• 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.
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• Trillium and Code1 software – aid in installation and day to day management of software
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• Compuware products specifically File-aid – proficient at manipulation of files through file-aid software
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SN Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role

1 Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration)

2 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)

3 Web Services – creating and supporting of web services within CICS

4 CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.) Tivoli/Omegamon