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Senior Systems Programmer

TALENT Software Services
Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/12/2026
Education Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, OR
  • 4 years of relevant work experience, OR
  • Associate's degree 2 years of relevant work experience

Work Experience

  • Minimum 6 years of IT experience
  • Must include hands-on systems programming experience

Work Location

  • Hybrid role
  • Onsite: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday as needed

Required Technologies / Skills

  • JCL (Job Control Language) - Required
  • Mainframe / Host experience - Required
  • IBM z/OS MQ (Mainframe MQ) - Required
  • Experience in:
    • Creating and maintaining Queue Managers and Queues ( VERY important)
  • Current environment: MQ version 9.3

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • CICS
  • IBM WebSphere MQ
  • COBOL
  • Unix & zLinux

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Resolve test and production issues
  • Handle customer requests:
    • Create new queues and queue managers
    • Modify queue depth
  • Work on multiple projects such as:
    • Installing latest MQ releases
    • Configuring MQ on servers
  • Monitor systems:
    • Check queue depth
    • Review error reports
  • Manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Not Looking For

  • Candidates with only basic/user-level MQ knowledge
  • Candidates without hands-on experience in MQ administration/configuration

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