The Cigna Group

Lead Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer

The Cigna Group

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $138,100 - $230,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudTypeScript

About the role

  • Serve as the enterprise SME for CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) across multiple LPARs and CICSPlex environments
  • Lead modernization initiatives including API enablement, CICS to cloud integrations, and DevOps pipeline enhancements
  • Drive resiliency and high availability architecture, including CICSPlex workload management, dynamic transaction routing, and disaster recovery design
  • Guide a team of system programmers, application developers, and architects, fostering growth and knowledge sharing
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DB2, MQ, Storage, and Network to ensure end-to-end stability and performance
  • Evaluate and implement automation strategies to reduce MTTR and improve service delivery (e.g., BMC, IBM Z AIOps, custom scripts)
  • Represent mainframe CICS interests in enterprise planning, risk reviews, and strategic technology roadmaps
  • Perform root cause analysis of high-impact incidents and lead efforts to eliminate recurring issues

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in mainframe environments with at least 10 years focused on CICS TS
  • Deep expertise in CICSPlex/SM, dynamic transaction routing, CICS regions structuring, and program control tables
  • Proven success implementing CICS High Availability (HA) and failover strategies
  • Familiarity with related systems: DB2, MQSeries, RACF, JES2/3
  • Experience with RDO, BMS maps, CICS exits, and inter-region communication
  • Strong leadership presence, with ability to mentor, influence, and build consensus among technical teams
  • Demonstrated experience with chaos testing, performance benchmarking, and MIPS optimization (a plus)
  • Preferred: Experience integrating CICS with modern APIs (REST/JSON), Liberty/zCX containers, or cloud-native endpoints
  • Preferred: Hands-on with CICS Explorer, Zowe CLI, Sysview/Omegamon, or similar tools
  • Preferred: Prior experience in DoD, financial, or highly regulated environments
  • Preferred: Knowledge of COBOL, Assembler, and REXX scripting
  • If working at home occasionally or permanently, internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.