CICS Technical Lead

The CICS Technical Lead will be responsible for overseeing the work assignments across the middleware team supporting the CICS subsystem within a large z/OS mainframe environment as well as providing hands-on CICS support. Direct CICS technical teams, assigning work tasks and tracking progress on all projects as well as reviewing daily operational support efforts.

• Participate in discovery and planning activities to determine resources needed and technical direction required to meet client requirements and corporate strategy.
• Direct CICS technical teams, assigning work tasks and tracking progress on all projects as well as reviewing daily operational support efforts. 
• Assist in CICS installations, configurations, and upgrades within the system. Ensuring the subsystem meets all business and production requirements as well as compliant with federal, state, and industry regulations.
• Support CICS integrations with MQ and RACF. Develop REXX scripts to support middleware automation and increase system efficiency. 
• Utilizing IBM and BMC tools to monitor and track system performance, identifying bottlenecks and performance tuning as required.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and activities, ensuring redundancies are in place and working with VSAM to support backup and recovery.  

• In-depth experience working in data center environments, supporting CICS sub systems 
• Hands-on work with SMP/E for installations
• Experience with VSAM storage solutions to support back up/recovery efforts 

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