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1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants This range is provided by SPECTRAFORCE. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $130,000.00/yr - $140,000.00/yr Direct message the job poster from SPECTRAFORCE Team Lead - IT Delivery at SPECTRAFORCE Technologies Inc. Position Title: Principle CICS Systems Programmer Type: Direct-Hire Location: Preferred local to Westlake, TX / Merrimack, NH / Raleigh-Durham, NC / Smithfield, RI / Marlborough, MA / Boston, MA / Jersey City, NJ Start Date: ASAP Hybrid - 2 weeks onsite per month (Alternate weeks) Day to Day Work with team supporting Mainframe Systems This candidate ensures reliable, high-performance mainframe infrastructure for critical business applications, while leading a team to enhance system resilience, streamline processes, and drive continuous improvement across CICS and data management operations. In this role, the day-to-day responsibilities would include: System Maintenance & Support: Overseeing CICS transaction servers, VSAM data replication, and disaster recovery on z/OS platforms, ensuring stability and performance for critical business applications. Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Providing guidance and support to team members, resolving complex technical issues, and offering strategic direction on infrastructure design and implementation. Project Management & Communication: Leading high-visibility projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and regularly updating leadership on project statuses, technical solutions, and improvements. Must Have 5+ years of Expertise in CICS Systems Support, including: System Dumps, Interfaces, and Internal CICS Operations 7+ years of technical leadership experience with the ability to manage and mentor a team, drive complex projects, and communicate solutions to multiple leadership levels. Expertise with key mainframe tools and languages, including JCL, SMP/E, REXX, VSAM, and diagnostic tools (e.g., IPCS/Dump reading, CAFC, Abend Aid, Intertest), as well as familiarity with programming languages like Assembler, COBOL, and Java. They use languages like Assembler, COBOL, and REXX, alongside tools and utilities specific to mainframe systems, including: z/OS, JCL (Job Control Language), SMP/E for software management Must have at least 3+ years of experience. Bachelor's Degree required. Team's Mainframe Infrastructure - The team operates within a mainframe ecosystem, managing z/OS platforms and providing technical support and maintenance for CICS Transaction Servers and VSAM data replication. This is a maintenance project. Pluses: Familiarity with installing an RSU, Recommended Services Update This is regular maintenance for CICS programming. Current Landscape : IPCS and SMP/E First round 1 hour with hiring manager 2nd round, 1 hour, panel interview with the team (3 team members) About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions. Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law. Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@ if you require reasonable accommodation. California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act ( CPRA ) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@. LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer. At SPECTRA FORCE , we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $130000.00/yearly. 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