Mainframe Architect

Job Title : Mainframe CICS & MQ Admin

Work Model : Onsite (5 days a week) OR Open to relocation

Locations (in order of preference) :

• San Antonio
• Austin
• Houston
• Dallas

Years of Experience : Minimum 10+ years of experience in CICS / MQ on zOS administration

Top Required Skills :

Job Description / Responsibilities : CICS Administrator - Excellent skills on CICS administration which include CICS and its product administration - Experience in CICS version upgrades / migration - Applying patches to CICS software, Hostbridge - CICS ISVs upgrades and maintenance - Resource definition Online and batch mode - CICS region build - Knowledge on CICSPlex concepts (mandatory) - Configuration of CICS initialization parameters - Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues - Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed - Security administration for CICS - Performance monitoring and tuning - CICS intercommunication setup and maintenance - 24

MQ on z / OS Administrator - Expericne in MQ product upgrades and maintenance - Defining and Monitoring MQ objects - MQ region build - Knowledge on MQ sharing concepts (mandatory) - Operating with CICS adapter control functions to initiate and manage connections between WebSphere MQ and CICS - Managing Websphere MQ resources(BSDS, Pagesets, buffer pools, logs)