Mainframe CICS Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title :  Mainframe CICS Engineer

Location(s) :  Chicago, IL

(Remote)

Role Overview

The Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer is responsible for end-to-end CICS engineering, system software maintenance, and operational support within a large, highly available mainframe environment. This role requires deep technical expertise in CICS performance, tuning, monitoring, and problem determination, along with strong collaboration skills to work with application development and operations teams. On-call support outside standard business hours is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, maintain, and support CICS regions in a large Sysplex and CICSPlex environment.
• Perform CICS system and software maintenance, including upgrades using SMP / E.
• Analyze CICS performance, tuning parameters, and resource definitions to optimize throughput and availability.
• Perform problem determination, dump analysis, and debugging for CICS-related issues.
• Monitor and analyze CICS SMF data using CICS Performance Analyzer.
• Implement and customize CICSPlex SM, including dynamic transaction routing.
• Provide operational support and on-call coverage for production CICS environments.
• Collaborate closely with application developers and operations teams.
• Support application teams with COBOL-level troubleshooting as needed.

Required Skills & Experience​​​​​​​

Desired / Nice-to-Have Skills

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.