CICS/MQ Systems Programmer

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What You Can Expect At BBH:

If you join BBH you will find a collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can. You will have direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world. BBH will provide you with opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm. We encourage a culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective. We provide a high-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind. Ultimately we want you to have rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage. Our BBH Cares program offers volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others.

Join us as our CICS/MQ Systems Programmer !

Brown Brothers Harriman is currently recruiting CICS/MQ Systems Programmer to join our Enterprise System Support CICS/MQ group.

The Enterprise System Support CICS/MQ group is responsible for supporting the CICS M-R-O and MQSeries (all platforms) infrastructures in both the production and test environments. The group also supports a suite of Compuware and Omegamon products along with WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and IBM Integration Bus (IIB) on z/OS.

The Candidate must have a thorough working knowledge of CICS and MQSeries to be a core member of the group responsible for administration, configuration, installation, maintenance, upgrades, performance and tuning, problem resolution, application group and Client requests and off-hour on-call technical support (rotation).

Some of your additional responsibilities include:

Perform all functions related to supporting CICS and MQSeries including: administration, configuration, installation, maintenance, upgrades, performance and tuning, problem resolution.

Monitor the systems for issues and take the required steps to address them

Work will vendors to resolve issues with supported products.

Apply maintenance to supported products on a regular basis.

Provide support to the application programming groups including handling inquiry and new resource requests, coding design questions, assist in resolving issues and abends.

Setup and maintain external MQSeries connections.

Qualifications:

Candidate should have 5+ years experience supporting CICS and MQSeries on z/OS.

Experience with MQSeries and MQClients on distributed platforms.

Experience using SMP/E for product installs and applying maintenance.

Experience using trace, dumps and monitoring software for problem investigation and resolution.

Experience coding programs in Assembler and COBOL (a plus).

Strong analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively.

Ability to multitask and switch to higher priority tasks when required.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Ability to accept new challenges as an opportunity to learn and increase skill set.

High level of motivation, initiative and attention to detail when preforming tasks.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Experience with MQ Datapower Appliance a plus.

Experience with Websphere for z/OS using Installation Manager a plus.

Experience with Compuware (AbendAid, FileAid) and Omegamon/Tivoli products a plus.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

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