Technical TeamleadTALENT Technical Services Inc.
Job Summary
Title: CICS System Programmer / Support Engineer Location: 100% Remote Duration Contract to Hire Job Description:
- We are seeking a senior , hands-on CICS System Programmer / Support Engineer to support production CICS environments, perform maintenance and upgrades, troubleshoot incidents, and maintain production stability.
- The ideal candidate should have strong CICS and z/OS experience and be able to work independently in a highly technical environment.
Must-Have Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of IT experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting CICS regions.
- Strong CICS and IBM z/OS/Mainframe experience .
- Experience supporting production CICS environments, including maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
- Experience with COBOL, JCL, REXX, and Assembler .
- Ability to work independently and maintain production stability.
Nice-to-Have Requirements
- Previous Technical Team Lead experience.
- Experience with CICS 5.6 or CICS 6.3.
Technical Environment
- Supports 100+ CICS regions across Ashburn, Kent, and Baltimore data center workloads.
- Current CICS version: 5.6, with an ongoing upgrade to CICS 6.3.
- Dedicated teams handle RACF/Security, MQ, and VTAM; the primary focus of this role is CICS.
On-Call Responsibilities Participate in a rotational 247 on-call schedule, initially approximately once every three weeks, potentially moving to once every two weeks .