Mainframe CICS AdminSysprog

Herndon, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Mainframe CICS Admin/Sysprog

Location: Remote (Herndon Virginia)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Statement of Work:

The purpose of this request is to respond to a Request for Quote from the Railroad Retirement Board for assistance with mainframe staffing

Task Description:

The Mainframe CICS admin will be responsible for all installation maintenance and monitoring of all CICS regions to meet/exceed key business measurements. Additionally the admin will be part of a 4-person team assisting and backing each other on DB2 and RACF if needed.

Recent experience working with the Railroad Retirement Board (1-5 years)
Install and support CICS software products upon RRB request
Test CICS software products and related applications to ensure requested functionality is available
Monitor and maintain licensing for CICS specific monitoring software provided by RRB
Monitor mutually agreed upon metrics for CICS
Participate in CICS software testing to validate system functionality connectivity and execution of IVP
Provide performance-reporting package regarding CICS utilization / consumption
Report incidents to CICS software product manufacturer regarding supported software products
Maintain requirements for configuration provided by the RRB
Perform CICS configuration
Maintain all CICS software at a release level that is supported by the respective software vendor under the following conditions:
Contractors staff to provide a supported release in a timely manner
RRB will work with the Contractor to provide reasonable test environment and implementation time to apply maintenance and/or perform upgrade of supported software

Required skills/Level of Experience :

Mid-Level or higher CICS admin experience (3 years)
General understanding DB2 and (RACF 2 years)
Client interaction experience (3 years). (Federal client experience a plus)
Experience working with the Railroad Retirement Board (1 years)

Nice to have skills:

Client communication client interaction (2 years)
Working experience with a small team in a very stable environment (2years)
Positive attitude flexible able to work in fast-paced environment (5 years).
Cloud certification and experience (2 years)