Mainframe Systems Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Infrastructure Specialists at Kyndryl are project-based subject matter experts in all things infrastructure good at providing analysis, documenting and diagraming work for hand-off, offering timely solutions, and generally figuring it out. This is a hands-on role where your feel for the interaction between a system and its environment will be invaluable to every one of your clients.

Required Skills and Experience

• 6 to 9 Years of Mainframe MQ/CICS System Programmer
• Proven expertise in CICS architecture and functionality, including region setup, resource definition, performance tuning, and system optimization.
• Plan, coordinate, install, and test CICS Transaction Server upgrades, migrations, and patches, along with related ISV products.
• Install and support third-party tools such as Compuware Abend-AID, ASG TMON/CICS, Omegamon, BMC Mainview, Xpediter/CICS, CA ACF2/CICS, CA Intertest, and CA SymDump.
• Provide primary on-call support for CICS and associated ISV products, ensuring timely issue resolution and system reliability.
• Perform problem determination, root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions for CICS-related incidents.
• Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and testing to ensure continuity of CICS operations.
• Support IBM MQ administration including basic configuration, queue and channel setup, and routine monitoring.
• Assist with MQ troubleshooting, performance checks, and integration support for application teams.
• Contribute to MQ documentation and ensure alignment with security and operational standards.
• Good experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining an IBM MQ running on z/OS and its associated components using SMP/E
• Have Good Exposure in MQ MFT ( For MQ File Transfers).
• Working experience on Cluster queue Managers, Queue sharing groups, MQ utilities and Traces
• Knowledge about MQ channel encryption and MQ security
• Experience in guiding and supporting Application developers to develop messaging flows
• Good experience with CICSplex and CICS Explorer to manage CICS systems Solid understanding of resource definitions and its dependencies. 
• Experience with Omegamon and Fault Analyzer along with basic dump analysis skills on IPCS. 
• Experience in cloning and sunsetting CICS regions. 
• Basic understanding of CICS security with RACF.
• Proficient in CICS Transaction Server and related ISV products.
• Hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration, including queue management, channel configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of z/OS, Unix System Services, SMP/E, REXX, Java, VSAM, and third-party products.
• Skilled in CICS regions setup and maintenance, resource definition online (RDO), and CICSplex System Manager (CPSM).
• Experience with monitoring and performance tools such as OMEGAMON, RMF, and Mainview.
• Familiar with security and RACF integration for CICS and MQ environments.
• Exposure to automation and scripting for operational efficiency using REXX and Shell scripting.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and high availability configurations for CICS and MQ.
• Understanding of zOS functions such as: APF, Link list, LPA, VSAM
• Good to have knowledge on MQ explorer, Omegamon Monitoring tool for MQ&CICS,ICC,SYSVIEW for MQ&CICS IBM Products

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• MQ upgrade from one version to another version in z/os
• Administration of various MQ objects in Mainframe MQ
• Capable of Upgrading/Installing and Migrating CICS Transaction servers.