CICS Systems Programmer

Required experience:

• A minimum of ten years working as a CICS Systems Programmer / Engineer
  
• Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
  
• Knowledge of SMP/E software upgrade and maintenance
  
• Must have CPSM expereince
  
• In depth knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics for tuning CICS regions
  
• Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization dynamic transaction routing etc.
  
• Ability to perform problem determination dump analysis and performance tuning
  
• Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools Sysview
  
• Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
  
• Experience with Mainframe WebSphere MQ
  

Desired / preferred experience:

• Assembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
  
• Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment
  
• Knowledge of zOS facilities such as: APF Linklist VSAM LPA Coupling Facility
  
• Experience with CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool
  
• Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer
  
• Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas
  
• Prior Application programming experience
  

Required experience: A minimum of ten years working as a CICS Systems Programmer / Engineer Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment. Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrade and maintenance Must have CPSM expereince In depth knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics for tuning CICS regions Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc. Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools Sysview Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers Experience with Mainframe WebSphere MQ Desired / preferred experience Assembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment Knowledge of zOS facilities such as: APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, Coupling Facility Experience with CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas Prior Application programming experience