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Niche mainframe skillset reduces applicants but metro location and known employer increase competition.
High: mainframe CICS and z/OS expertise is industry-specific and not widely transferable.
High: role requires specialized CICS, z/OS, MQ, DB2 skills and strict infrastructure experience.
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Install, configure, and maintain IBM CICS environments including managing CICSPlex infrastructure and supporting transaction processing.
Troubleshoot performance, availability, and integration issues with CICS, DB2, MQ, RACF, and z/OS; support upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery readiness.
Prioritize and manage client system administration assignments and collaborate with technicians to deliver solutions in mission-critical environments.
Strong experience in IBM CICS Transaction Server administration including CICSPlex SM and transaction processing environments.
Experience integrating CICS with IBM MQ, DB2, RACF, and z/OS subsystems.
Knowledge of high-availability, workload management, and mission-critical transaction processing environments.
Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Experienced in CICS performance tuning, recovery management, diagnostics, and problem determination under mission-critical conditions.
Capable of handling system upgrades, migrations, and ensuring resiliency with familiarity in CICSPlex SM and disaster recovery architectures.
Comfortable working in diverse industry settings and collaborating across teams to recommend modernization and identify new business opportunities.