Senior Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer

ADP is hiring a Senior Mainframe CICS Systems Engineer

Locations: Roseland NJ (preferred), Alpharetta GA, San Dimas CA

Hybrid (onsite 3 days)

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next?

We are seeking a highly skilled Mainframe CICS Senior Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for the installation, implementation, administration, support, and strategic direction of our IBM CICS Transaction Server (CICS/TS) environment supporting mission-critical enterprise applications.

As a senior technical leader, you will partner with development, operations, architecture, and infrastructure teams to ensure the stability, performance, resiliency, and modernization of our mainframe ecosystem. This role requires deep expertise in IBM z/OS, CICS/TS, Assembler, COBOL, and enterprise availability practices.

In this role, you will lead the installation, configuration, maintenance, and support of large-scale IBM CICS/TS environments. You will ensure the availability, performance, integrity, and security of mission-critical CICS platforms. You collaborate with Development, Operations, and Infrastructure teams on new initiatives, upgrades, and production implementations. You will administer and optimize CICSPlex environments and leverage CICS Explorer for systems management. You will perform advanced performance tuning and capacity management to maintain service level objectives. You will develop and maintain CICS standards, best practices, and technology roadmaps. You support disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution to ensure business resilience. You will analyze system dumps, storage violations, and performance issues to identify and resolve root causes. You drive automation of operational procedures including IPLs, CICS Cold Starts, recovery processing, and dump management. You provide technical leadership during production incidents and critical system outages. You work closely with internal and external clients to design and implement CICS-based solutions. You will support Java workloads running in CICS, including Liberty Profile environments. You participate in a global on-call rotation supporting a highly available 24x7 enterprise platform. You will evaluate and support IBM and third-party software products that enhance the mainframe ecosystem.

To thrive in this career, you will be a hands-on systems engineering expert who thrives in complex enterprise environments. You combine strong technical depth with operational excellence and are recognized as a trusted advisor for solving critical production challenges. You continuously identify opportunities to improve reliability, automate processes, and modernize mainframe services.

You strive to learn new technologies and find ways to incorporate what you learn into building your products. You'll also serve as a mentor to the junior developers. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we design what's next for ADP and the industry. Pace should not scare you. We still find time for a healthy dose of fun.

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WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Here's what you can expect on a typical day:

• You'll start each day with a scrum, working in a team to understand responsibilities, identify issues, and communicate coding priorities while choosing user stories to complete. You will also participate in other agile ceremonies, including scheduled sprint demos, where you will present your work to up to 90 stakeholders.
• Variety of work. There is no typical day. You could be checking in with a team in India one minute, meeting with leadership to review initiatives for the coming quarter later and tomorrow handling a few ad hoc requests from your peers in other departments.
• Influence and inspire confidence. You are comfortable presenting to senior leaders, product owners, and peers with a compelling voice that you demonstrate through executive presence, leading change, and creating clear executive-level communications on milestone achievements.
• You have 13+ years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• You'll have a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent.
• 13+ years of hands-on experience supporting IBM CICS/TS in large-scale IBM z/OS environments.
• Deep expertise with IBM CICS Transaction Server administration and support.
• Strong working knowledge of IBM Assembler and COBOL.
• Experience installing, upgrading, maintaining, and supporting mainframe software products.
• Advanced troubleshooting, problem determination, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience supporting high-availability enterprise production environments.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate across multiple teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to successfully complete required government background checks and obtain necessary clearances.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CICSPlex System Manager (CPSM).
• Experience using CICS Explorer.
• Knowledge of Java workloads within CICS and Liberty Profile environments.
• Experience with IBM MQ.
• Experience with z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
• Familiarity with enterprise automation and operational tooling.
• Experience supporting disaster recovery and business continuity programs.

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

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