Senior CICS Systems Programmer

Location: Scarborough, ON — Hybrid (or Toronto office)

Work Arrangement: 2 days/week onsite

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: $81,000–$115,000 base

Hours: Monday–Friday with rotating after-hours/on-call support

What You’ll Do

- Act as a senior technical resource for the CICS infrastructure on z/OS .
- Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and support CICS and related IBM products.
- Plan, analyze, design, build, test, and implement CICS-related infrastructure initiatives.
- Troubleshoot complex CICS and z/OS issues and perform platform-level diagnostics.
- Support CICS application development teams from an infrastructure perspective.
- Contribute to CICS platform standards, usage, future-state planning, and technical direction.
- Work with related technologies including CICSPlex, CTG, z/OS, SMP/E, Omegamon, and System Automation .
- Provide technical consultation to architects, application teams, and other infrastructure groups.
- Mentor and support less-experienced CICS Systems Programmers.
- Participate in rotating after-hours/on-call support.

What We’re Looking For We’re looking for someone with hands-on CICS systems programming experience , rather than someone whose background is primarily CICS application development.





Required / Key Experience:

- 5–10+ years of CICS and/or relevant mainframe experience.
- Hands-on experience supporting CICS on z/OS .
- Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting IBM mainframe products.
- Strong understanding of CICS and CICSPlex .
- Solid understanding of z/OS architecture and components .
- Experience with z/OS and CICS diagnostic tools .
- Working knowledge of IBM SMP/E .
- Experience with Omegamon and/or System Automation is valuable.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical teams.

A Key Differentiator Hands-on IBM SMP/E experience is highly valuable for this role.

We are specifically looking for candidates who have personally worked on the installation, maintenance, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management of IBM mainframe products .

Education

College/University education or equivalent professional experience.

Interview Process

Round 1: Virtual interview with the Hiring Manager

Round 2: In-person interview with the Hiring Manager and technical leadership

📌 Sr. CICS System Programmer (Scarborough)
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