Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer

Tata Consultancy Services · Assam, India

SN Required Information Details

1 Role Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer

2 Required Technical Skill Set Mainframe CICS administration

3 Desired Experience Range 7-15 years

4 Location of Requirement Bangalore / Mumbai

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)

Must-Have

IBM/vendor support - 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

Good-to-Have

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

SN Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role

1 Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration)

2 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)

3 Web Services - creating and supporting of web services within CICS

4 CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.) Tivoli/Omegamon