CICS Systems Programmer

Functional Title: CICS Systems Programmer 5+ Years of experience.
Skills Required: Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
Knowledge of SMP/E, software upgrade and maintenance Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions that pertain to CICS region performance Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS.
Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ- Good oral/written communication skills Skills desired: Assembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment- Understanding of zOS facilities such as: APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, Coupling Facility Good Project Management skills- Knowledge of the CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer- Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas Prior Application programming experience a plus.
Primary Skills: COBOL, CICS