Technical Lead - Mainframe Transaction Systems (CICS)
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Sep 29, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
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Job Description
The Technical Lead is responsible for the overall architecture of the Transaction Systems environment and ensuring that the teams products (CICS, MQ, etc.) are optimally configured and maintained to meeting business needs.
Individuals in this position are the subject matter expert for the team and assume leadership in troubleshooting and diagnosing complex cross technology problems, drive and deliver efficiencies and improved performance by identifying performance and tuning opportunities and optimizing new release functionality, and proactively build and improve relationships with the team’s technology, applications, and business partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Research and implement recognized best practices for managing the Transaction Systems environment
- Define new CICS and/or IBM MQ components in support of application or infrastructure projects
- Ensure timely updates and maintenance of CICS components and IBM MQ queue managers
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of CICS and/or IBM MQ incidents, issues and problems.
- Take ownership for and resolve highly complex or critical incidents within the mainframe transaction systems environment
- Develop best practice techniques for team’s products that result in low incidents and high availability.
- Provide project consultation to business application teams; assist in the design and development of CICS and/or IBM MQ solutions
- Participate in reviewing and updating in-house developed CICS programs and utilities
- Understand CICS Performance and Tuning to identify opportunities for performance and capacity improvements and when required engage with business application teams to assist with implemented recommended changes
- Design, plan, implement and secure new functionality and improvements deliver with product upgrades to drive efficiencies, improved services and cost reduction
- Collaborate with z/OS Support, Network, Security and Application Support teams in the development of solutions and practices
- Be available for project and maintenance activities outside normal working hours, as needed
Job Qualifications
The ideal person will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Strong leadership skills; ability to effectively coach, mentor and provide direction for other technical resources
- Ability to operate effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team
- Lead by example and be an advocate for change
- Expert level technical knowledge of CICS and MQ
- Ability to collaborate with leadership and senior level technicians to assist in setting technical direction
- Stakeholder Management with business application clients and vendors
- Strong interpersonal, collaboration and team skills
- Effective oral and written communication
Hours of work
- Generally, standard hours Mon – Fri
- Must be willing and available for project and maintenance activities outside normal working hours, as needed
- Flexibility to meet business needs as required
Job Qualifications (Cont'd)
Essential criteria
Candidates should clearly state on their application form how they meet each of the essential criteria as these will be assessed during shortlisting and only these deemed to meet all of the below criteria will move forward to the next stage.
- 7+ years of knowledge and experience supporting Transaction Systems applications (CICS, MQ), preferably in a system programmer role.
- Experience with the architecture and configuration of Transaction Systems applications
- Strong ability to troubleshoot and resolve Transaction Systems application problems
- Experience of building and working in partnership with a client base and vendors
- Experience within a zOS multi-LPAR, multi-site sysplex environment
- Experience installing and supporting ISV software products; experience working with SMP/E
- Extensive experience working with TSO, ISPF/PDF and SDSF
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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