Mainframe Developer

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Cygnus is a Princeton, NJ-headquartered global Business IT consulting and software Services firm with offices in the USA and Asia. Cygnus offers and enables innovation and helps our clients accelerate time to market & grow their business. Over 15 years, we have taken great pride in continuing our deep relationships with our clients.

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We are looking for

Mainframe / IMS Developer with TIRKS

Remote and Raleigh NC, Richardson TX, Tampa FL Baskin Ridge NJ

W2 Contract

Tier-3 Support :

Provide code fixes across PL / I , Assembler ,COBOL,SAS REXX ,CLIST and JCL Modules.

Prepare Enhancements and Minor Functional changes

Identify and remediate Vulnerabilities in mainframe modules or JCL flows.

Perform Analysis of production issues impacting dispatch, Inventory or planning systems.

Thoroughly test all software changes using approved test suites.

Successfully build and deploy all software changes through Endevor across multiple regions.

Debug and resolve abends using Abend -Aid , Fault Analyzer or System dumps

Support DB2 and IMS precompile, blind and ACBGEN flows as required for code changes.

Assist Tier-2 Support :

Analyzing and responding to end user or Tier1 / Tier 2 developer questions and tickets.

Administering user access to specific batch flows or applications

Providing routine systema and job stream maintenance

Maintaining system interfaces between different subsystems

Ensuring that nightly and weekly cycles complete successfully.

Remediating system-overload issues ,long-running jobs or SQL degradation.

Requirements :

Minimum 10-15 years of hands on experience supporting applications on IBM Z / OS and leading team of developers

Minimum 5-7 years of experience in PL / I or COBOL development

Strong experience with JCL, PROCs, REXX,CLIST,ISPF and SDSF

Solid understanding of DB2 static SQL , Precompile, bind, package / plan management.

Experience with IMS(DB+DC) Including PSB / DBD / ACB generation flows

Prior experience with Endevor or similar mainframe source / Version management tools

Ability to Analyze load modules ,compare source to load behavior and reverse engineer logic when source is unavailable.

Nice to Have :

Experience in Telecom OSS / Telecom systems

Experience in SAS on Z / OS ( report generation ,batch execution)

Experience in dump reading tools(Abend-Aid, Fault- Analyzer)

Experience in high Availability ,24x7 operational environment

Experience integrating applications across IMS,DB2and Distributed platforms

familiarity with NDM / Connect : Direct,MQ,SFTP,on Mainframe

Experience with Zlinuxor Z / OS UNIX system services.

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