Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer

<p>SN Required Information Details</p><p>1 Role Mainframe CICS administrator / System Programmer</p><p>2 Required Technical Skill Set Mainframe CICS administration</p><p>3 Desired Experience Range 7-15 years</p><p>4 Location of Requirement Bangalore / Mumbai</p><p> </p><p>Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)</p><p>Must-Have</p><p>· IBM/vendor support – familiar with IBM and other vendors web sites: Open problem cases, ask questions, prepare and send dumps.</p><p>· SMP/E – in depth knowledge to do install work on CICS and any associated products</p><p>· 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)</p><p>· SMF – moderate skill set required to gather and manipulate SMF data (specifically the CICS 110 records)</p><p>· Problem determination skills – ability to diagnose problem and determine root cause and remediation</p><p>Good-to-Have</p><p>· 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.</p><p>· Trillium and Code1 software – aid in installation and day to day management of software</p><p>· Compuware products specifically File-aid – proficient at manipulation of files through file-aid software</p><p> </p><p>SN Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role</p><p> </p><p>1 Understanding of a CICS MRO environment (TOR and AOR configuration)</p><p>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)</p><p>3 Web Services – creating and supporting of web services within CICS</p><p>4 CICS admin is responsible for installing and maintaining all these monitoring tools.) Tivoli/Omegamon</p>

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