Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer - CICS/MQ

ABOUT US Ensono is a hybrid IT services provider that sees a world in transformation. We understand the world of business has become more complex, layered, and interdependent because we’re enabling the IT infrastructure for that transformation. Our clients are some of the most innovative and forward-thinking companies in the world and we help keep their businesses thriving. With nearly 50 years of experience, we optimize and modernize IT infrastructure by amplifying the power of mainframes and mid-range servers with the agility of cloud. Check us out at www.ensono.com. planning capabilities. Job Role Are you a Mainframe Expert ? We are hiring a Mainframe Online & Performaqnce SME responsible for the installation, maintenance, and setup of online infrastructure on the IBM Mainframe platform. You establish online transaction capabilities via CICS and CPSM and provide messaging capabilities through MQ. Additionally, you support interaction patterns with distributed and cloud platforms using CICS web services, CICS REST API, and Distributed Kafka connectors. we re-imagine the way we work, the way we connect with each other – our colleagues, clients and partners – and the way we deliver value. Being agile will make us more responsive, more adaptable, and ultimately more innovative. We’re looking for Transaction & Messaging SME to have the following Technical & Functional knowledge: Job Responsibilities Configuration and management of the online systems 3rd level support for transaction and messaging products, including on call support Maintaining Software levels via the Platformset process Provide a single point of contact to the vendors for the software we support Provide solutions for Artefacts as code Work closely with CTO and application teams Lead/collaborate on projects related to the online environment Validate and implement new technologies to the online environment 2. Backlog Management Use Gitlab to manage all Issues and EPICs 3. Messaging/MQ You are responsible for the IBM MQ for z/OS and FTPS for z/OS infrastructure. You ensure that this infrastructure continues to run smoothly and maintains the highest availability during the upcoming integration activities. Additionally, You manage QMS, a developed framework written in PL/1, which provides z/OS applications with an API interface to interact with IBM MQ for z/OS.. System Performance – responsible for measuring system capacity demand, managing WLM settings, providing source data for SCRT reports, maintaining the z/OS Performance Alert Monitor, analyzing system resource consumption on demand, performing DB2 buffer pool analysis regularly, and supporting the IPM process. Online Services - responsible for the productive online processing and the availability / stability of multiple mainframe system components that are part of the end-to-end online services. The team supervises and collaborates with Singapore & Pune and is functionally responsible according to the Global Support Model (see link). Online Services acts as 2nd Level Support for all online-related incidents during office hours and provides 24/7 on-call service. It fulfills service requests for the respective area either directly or by forwarding them to FLS. Online Services also supports the maintenance of test environments for EDP testing, as well as EDP production installation and verification. MMS Reporting Services – maintains and engineers the MMS reporting platform Jane, supported by the vendor Nextstride. The platform consumes data from several sources, mainly SMF data, which is enriched with specific data during the ETL process. Based on these aggregated data sources, MMS reports are created and visualized in Tableau and Grafana. Jane reporting data is an input source for the internal billing process and needs to be provided monthly. The zCAM real-time monitoring solution is also maintained by MMS Reporting Services. Integration Services – defines non-functional requirements (NFRs) for applications and…