Required Job Qualifications:(Specify the minimum level of education, experience, knowledge and skill needed to perform this job.) style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" Bachelors Degree and 5 years in Information Technology or relevant experience OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 7 year Information Technology experience OR 9 years Information Technology experience.
Experience with Mainframe technologies (e.g., z/OS, CICS & MQ, DB2, VASM, Job scheduling, central print, web, middleware, integration, storage, backup / restore, replication and disaster recovery).Strong knowledge of MQ Internals and a fair amount of MQ systems and Application programming backgroundExtensive experience in resolving performance issues in a mainframe online and database environmentAt least 4 of the following tools experience: OmegamonIntellimagicDynatraceMXGAPARMFSMFExcellent understanding of System z architecture, CICS, MQ and DB2CICS Transaction Services v6.xMQ V7/V8/V9 experience on zSeriesBuilding CICS regionExperience with CICSPlex environmentTroubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issuesPerformance monitoring and tuningCICS intercommunication setup and maintenanceExperience with Omegamon for CCIS Monitoring ToolExperience with setting up CICS Web ServicesExperience with Scripting and Automating process and proceduresExperience with CICS advanced features and functionality (CPSM, LOGR, Web Services, SSL) and ability to collaborate with application developers on application designExperience with implementing and supporting MQ shared queues and MQ cluster configurations.Building MQ regionsOperating with CICS adapter control functions to initiate and manage connections between WebSphere MQ and CICSManaging Websphere MQ resources (BSDS, Pagesets, buffer pools, logs)Experience with CICS products - CICS Explorer, C/Parse, CAFC, XPEDITER for CICS, Finalist, GENTRAN, Key/101, Abend-Aid CICS style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" Infrastructure Engineering style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" Operations Management style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" ITIL v3 style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" IT standards, procedures, policies style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" Ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts / processes style="box-sizing: content-box;" aria-hidden="true" Understanding of business priorities (e.g., vision), trends (e.g., industry knowledge) and markets (e.g., existing/ planned)