Mainframe CICS System Administrator

About the role

The role involves solving complex problems and identifying potential future issues across various platforms and services. You'll work with some of the biggest clients in the world, focusing on Mainframe CICS System Administration.

Responsibilities

• CICS Administration & Maintenance: Install, upgrade, and maintain CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) environments; Apply patches (PTFs), manage version upgrades, and perform regression validation; Configure and maintain CICS regions (production, test, DR); Maintain startup parameters and system initialization tables (DFHSIT).
• Performance Monitoring & Tuning: Monitor transaction performance and system health using tools such as: OMEGAMON / MainView / TMON; Analyze: Transaction response times, CPU utilization, storage usage; Perform tuning to eliminate bottlenecks.

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Mainframe CICS.
• Proven experience in CICS System Administration environment with work management, user management, journal management and performance management.
• Experience in CICS transaction server, related ISV products.
• Capable of Upgrading/Installing and Migrating CICS Transaction servers.
• Capable of Upgrading /Installing and supporting IBM & ISV related Products.
• Proficient in technologies like P2V, V2V and P2P migrations.
• Proven experience on the CICS functionality and architecture.
• Basic Knowledge on the following technologies: z/OS, Unix System Services, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, Third party products.

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of Assembler, COBOL, CICS, and DB2.
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Excellent troubleshooting and customer service skills.
• Participate in on-call rotation with the engineering teams.
• The ability to follow a project through to completion, and/or to work as part of a larger team to complete the components of a complex project.

Qualifications

• 3 days onsite per week, Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona.

Benefits

Includes a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off. Additionally, you may participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program, and be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans.

Pay

The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $61,560 to $146,640 based on a full-time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience.

Schedule

3 days onsite per week, Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona.