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Mainframe System Programmer

Mainframe System Programmer

LanceSoft, Inc.Montreal, QC, Canada
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Skills Required :

  • Knowledge of all CICS parameters that control performance in a CICSPlex environment.
  • Knowledge of SMP / E, software upgrade and maintenance
  • Knowledge of CICS SMF record structure and the CICS Performance Analyzer tool to gather statistics necessary to tune CICS regions
  • Experience with CICSPlex SM implementation & customization, dynamic transaction routing, etc.
  • Knowledge of the CICS resource definitions that pertain to CICS region performance
  • Ability to perform problem determination, dump analysis and performance tuning
  • Experienced with the CICS monitoring tools such as Sysview for CICS.
  • Knowledge of Cobol to support application developers
  • Experience with Mainframe Websphere MQ
  • Good oral / written communication skills

Skills desired :

  • Assembler and COBOL coding and knowledge of CICS Exits
  • Web application support in a CICS TS V5 environment
  • Understanding of zOS facilities such as : APF, Linklist, VSAM, LPA, Coupling Facility
  • Good Project Management skills
  • Knowledge of the CICS Interdependency Analyzer tool
  • Working knowledge of the zOS & CICS Explorer
  • Knowledge of Natural language & Adabas
  • Prior Application programming experience a plus.