Mainframe CICS Admin

Remote, Illinois 60007 Posted March 6th, 2026

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Job Type: Contract

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Job Role – Mainframe CICS AdminExperience: 8 To 12 \+ year of Experience .Location – RemoteJob Description Skill: Mainframe CICS Admin Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

• 8\+ years of experience familiar with IBM and other vendors web sites: Open problem cases, ask questions, prepare and send dumps.
• SMP/E – in depth knowledge to do install work on CICS and any associated products.
• Security – in depth knowledge of ACF2 (must be able to install security on CICS and associated products and create ACF2 security rules as they pertain to CICS).
• SMF – moderate skill set required to gather and manipulate SMF data (specifically the CICS 110 records).
• Problem determination skills – ability to diagnose problem and determine root cause and remediation.
• Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration).
• Set traces (Aux and GTF) – ability to set traces to aid vendors in problem management and determination.
• CICS shutdown statistics – be able to produce and interpret shutdown stats to aid in problem determination and growth projections.
• Understanding of the CICS dynamic storage areas and how to manipulate for short on storage situations or to accommodate future growth of applications.
• Create both transaction and system dumps (and port to vendors for analysis).
• RDO (resource definition online) – must be able to create any resource needed on CICS (e.g transactions, programs, files, transient data queue, LSR groups, etc).
• Web Services – creating and supporting of web services within CICS.
• Broadcom ACF2 security – ability to install CICS security requirements, maintain ACF2 security within CICS and on all CICS resources.
• Tivoli/Omegamon products (this is our monitoring software for CICS, z/OS, MQ, IIB, DB2 and the web portal (on windows) – our CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.).
• Broadcom Intertest/Symdump – product to debug CICS programs, product to format transaction dumps – install and maintain (and aid developers with questions and use)
• SDS – CAFC (CICS application file control) – install product and use for control of files, application lists and group lists. Assist Operators when needed on use and problem determination if applications are failing.
• Trillium and Code1 software – aid in installation and day to day management of software.
• Compuware products specifically File\-aid – proficient at manipulation of files through file\-aid software.
• Splunk – proficient at creating (modifying) Splunk reports (dashboards) to report on All CICS metrics (e.g CPU consumption, storage consumption, transaction volume, response times, wait times, etc).

Roles \& Responsibilities:

• System Maintenance \& Configuration: Installing, maintaining, and upgrading CICS Transaction Server, MQSeries, and related ISV products (e.g., BMC Mainview).
• CICS Region Management: Creating, configuring, and monitoring CICS regions (using tools like Omegamon) and managing CICSplex environments (CPSM) for load balancing.
• Performance Tuning: Analyzing system performance, adjusting System Initialization Table (SIT) parameters, and optimizing resources.
• Troubleshooting \& Support: Providing 24x7 support, performing dump analysis, and resolving production issues (e.g., abends, transaction freezes).
• Security \& Compliance: Enforcing security, managing user IDs, and ensuring compliance with company regulations.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR