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IBM Mainframe CICS & MQ System Programmer (Remote)

IBM Mainframe CICS & MQ System Programmer (Remote) (MQ20122021) London, England

IBM Mainframe CICS & MQ System Programmer (Remote)

 

Our client, a global supplier for IT services, requires an experienced IBM Mainframe CICS & MQ System Programmer to join their team in their clients’ offices in London/ Craigforth/ Reading. You must be based in the UK and will be able to work remotely for this contract.

This is a 12 month temporary contract, to start ASAP.

The right candidate should have good knowledge of IBM CICS and IBM MQ and experience in installation/ upgrade/ configuring/ customisation of CICS and MQ and related ISV products.

 

Key Requirements:

  • Good understanding of IBM CICS and IBM MQ
  • Knowledge and experience in installation/ upgrade/ configuring/ customisation of CICS and MQ and related ISV products
  • Strong knowledge in CICS Resources like Transaction, File, Program, MQCONN, MQMON, Tranclass, TDQ and TSQ
  • Working knowledge in MRO, ISC and Function shipping
  • Knowledge in IBM MQ concepts like BSDS, Pageset, Buffer pools and other MQ Objects (Channel, Queue, Process)
  • Working knowledge in SMP/E
  • Knowledge in RACF Security rules needed for CICS and MQ resources
  • Strong knowledge in JCL and basic knowledge in REXX, CLIST, COBOL, CICS API, MQ API and Assembler
  • Strong expertise on CICS and MQ administration and troubleshooting
  • Perform root cause analysis for huge impact changes and incidents and generate action items and follow-up till closure.
  • Ability to write simple COBOL codes to maintain and support customised environment built using COBOL, CICS and MQ APIs
  • Manage system configuration such as PARMLIB, PROCLIB, and MQ PAGE Datasets
  • Performance Tuning in CICS using SMF/RMF/ASG-TMON and Extract performance statistics using SAS & MXG
  • Involvement in disaster recovery setup and conducting DR drills
  • Capture and analyse dumps and traces, LOGREC records
  • Ability to assimilate business and operational requirements, ability to document work processes
  • Work with onsite and offshore team members, support and guide them on their skill development on need basis
  • 8x5 working hours per week
  • On-call support on a rotational basis (out of office/ weekends)
  • Support for any planned activities outside business hours
  • Supportive and team member skills
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