✦ Luna Orbit — System Administration

Senior CICS Systems Programmer (remote)

at Allstate

📍 2 Locations Hybrid Posted March 12, 2026
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Position Details

Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category System Administration

About this role

This senior role involves supporting and modernizing enterprise CICS mainframe environments, ensuring system stability, performance, and API integration.

Key Responsibilities

  • Install and maintain CICS
  • Design CICS regions
  • Ensure high availability and disaster recovery
  • Troubleshoot complex issues
  • Support API modernization

Technical Overview

Focuses on mainframe CICS, z/OS systems, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and supporting API enablement with tools like SMP/E, JCL, and scripting languages.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior CICS Systems Programmer with over 5 years of experience in mainframe environments, skilled in z/OS, performance tuning, and API support. Leadership and scripting experience are a plus.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years CICS Systems Programmingz/OS systems experiencePerformance tuningTroubleshooting complex issuesSupport for API enablement

Nice-to-Have Skills

Leadership experienceConfiguring z/OS ConnectCPSMMQMainframe networkingProgramming/Scripting (COBOLREXXPython)

Tools & Platforms

SMP/EJCLAnsibleVendor toolingz/OS ConnectMQDB2IMSz/OS networkingRACFTLS

Required Skills

CICS Systems ProgrammingMainframez/OSJESSMFWLMSMP/ECOBOLREXXPythonJCLAnsiblez/OS ConnectMQDB2IMSRACFTLSDigital Certificates

Hard Skills

CICS Systems ProgrammingMainframez/OSJESSMFWLMSMP/ECOBOLREXXPythonJCLAnsibleVendor toolingz/OS ConnectMQDB2IMSz/OS networkingRACFTLSDigital Certificates

Soft Skills

problem-solvingtroubleshootingcollaborationcommunicationleadership

Industry & Role

Industry Insurance
Job Function Mainframe CICS systems support and modernization

Keywords for Your Resume

CICS Systems ProgrammingMainframez/OSJESSMFWLMSMP/ECOBOLREXXPythonJCLAnsibleVendor toolingz/OS ConnectMQDB2IMSz/OS networkingRACFTLSDigital Certificates

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years of CICS Systems Programming experience, Lack of z/OS experience, Inability to support API enablement, No mainframe or performance tuning background

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