Plan, install, upgrade, implement, maintain and customize IBM CICS Transaction Server (TS) including Multi-Region Operation and WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Plan, install, upgrade, implement, maintain and customize software used as or for Message Broker
Implement automated build process for WAS for development, test, and production environments
Establish CICS/TS intercommunications and implement authentication/authorization for WAS administrative functions and application confidentiality
Implement CICS/TS facilities including Function Request Shipping, Asynchronous Processing, Transaction Routing, Distributed Transaction Processing, and Web Support Services
Design and maintain integrity of production CICS/TS VSAM files and modify systems/regions per DoD requirements
Perform integration, regression, and concurrence testing of CICS/TS systems and applications
Provide technical services and reports to customer Government POC regarding IBM CICS, MQ, and WAS
Diagnose and resolve CICS environment system abends and abnormal operating problems using system logs, traces, dumps, job output, and monitoring tools
Administer IBM MQ series including initial install, channel, manager, and queue configuration
Create and maintain backup processing for CICS & MQ and associated products
Implement WAS high availability manager service to eliminate single points of failure
Support DoD Cyber Security requirements, ATO preparation, and security audits
Maintain all CICS/TS system exits written in IBM’s High Level Assembler Language (HLAL)
Analyze outages and provide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports and lead mitigation efforts
Requirements
Active Secret Clearance and eligibility to acquire a Top Secret Clearance
Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math and seven years' experience with IBM CICS, MQ, and WebSphere products in a large mainframe environment
OR ten years' experience with IBM CICS, MQ, and WebSphere products in a large mainframe environment
Experience with IBM CICS Transaction Server (CICS/TS), Multi-Region Operation (MRO), and WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Experience with Message Broker and Message Queuing (MQ) administration
Ability to plan, install, upgrade, implement, maintain, and customize CICS/TS, MQ, WAS, and Message Broker
Experience creating and interpreting system traces, dumps, job output, and monitoring tools to diagnose and resolve abends
Experience defining environment, channels, queue manager, and queue settings for IBM MQ
Ability to create, define, modify CICS parameters and create new regions
Experience implementing security management and auditing with RACF for z/OS
Experience maintaining CICS/TS system exits written in IBM High Level Assembler Language (HLAL)
Experience supporting DoD Cyber Security requirements, Authority to Operate (ATO) preparation, and security audits
Experience analyzing CICS, MQ, and WAS environments for performance tuning and providing recommendations
Experience performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and leading mitigation efforts