What are the responsibilities and job description for the CICS Systems Programmer position at Prabhav Services Inc?
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced IBM CICS Systems Programmer to install, configure, maintain, monitor, and support enterprise CICS environments on IBM z/OS mainframes. The role involves performance tuning, troubleshooting, security administration, upgrades, disaster recovery, and production support for mission-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
CICS Administration
- Install, configure, and maintain CICS regions
- Perform CICS upgrades, migrations, and maintenance
- Define and manage CICS resources using CEDA/CSD
- Support CICSPlex environments
- System Monitoring & Performance
- Monitor region health and transaction performance
- Analyze SMF/RMF reports
- Tune CICS parameters for optimal performance
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks
- Problem Determination
- Troubleshoot CICS abends and region failures
- Analyze dumps, traces, logs, and system messages
- Coordinate with application and infrastructure teams
- Provide root-cause analysis for incidents
Security & Compliance
- Implement security using RACF integration
- Maintain audit and compliance standards
- Manage user access and permissions
Production Support
- Provide 24×7 on-call support when required
- Support disaster recovery testing
- Handle incident, change, and problem management activities
- Integration Support
Required Skills
- Operating Systems & Mainframe
- z/OS
- TSO/ISPF
- JCL
- SDSF
- CICS Knowledge
- CICS architecture
- Region management
- Transaction processing
- Temporary storage and transient data queues
- VSAM file handling
- CICS startup/shutdown procedures
- Tools & Utilities
- SMP/E
- RACF
- Omegamon
- RMF
- IPCS
- Programming/Scripting
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field
- 3–10 years of mainframe systems programming experience
- Experience in banking, insurance, or large enterprise environments
- IBM certifications are an advantage