IBM TX Series Developer with CICS - Remote

IBM TX Series Developer with CICS - Remote

Posted 1 week ago by 1751007071

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: As an IBM TX Series Developer with CICS, you will enhance and modernize critical business applications developed in C, running on IBM TXSeries with CICS. The role involves collaboration with infrastructure and cloud teams to transition workloads to hybrid or cloud-native platforms. You will also be responsible for migrating application logic to modern architectures and implementing best practices for transaction applications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Analyze, maintain, and enhance applications developed in C using EXEC CICS commands.
  • Understand and work with TXSeries CICS region configuration and transaction flows.
  • Recompile CICS-based C applications for modern Linux environments.
  • Design and implement solutions to containerize or replatform legacy transactional workloads.
  • Migrate CICS application logic to modern microservices or API-based architecture where appropriate.
  • Collaborate with architects, DBAs, and MQ teams to ensure end-to-end transaction flow.
  • Implement logging, observability, and CI/CD practices for C-based transaction apps.

Key Skills:

  • Strong hands-on experience in C programming.
  • Expertise with TXSeries / CICS on AIX/Linux/Windows.
  • Familiarity with CICS commands (EXEC CICS SEND, LINK, RETURN, etc.).
  • Knowledge of DB2, Oracle, or VSAM integration.
  • Experience with IBM MQ or similar messaging systems.
  • Understanding of transactional systems, syncpoints, and error handling in CICS.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: IBM TX Series Developer with CICS

Location: Remote

Duration: Long term

Role

As a TXSeries CICS Application Developer, you will be responsible for enhancing, maintaining, and modernizing critical business applications developed in C and running on IBM TXSeries with CICS. You will work closely with infrastructure and cloud teams to transition these workloads to hybrid or cloud-native platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift or HCI environments. Key Responsibilities

  • Analyze, maintain, and enhance applications developed in C using EXEC CICS commands.
  • Understand and work with TXSeries CICS region configuration and transaction flows.
  • Recompile CICS-based C applications for modern Linux environments.
  • Design and implement solutions to containerize or replatform legacy transactional workloads.
  • Migrate CICS application logic to modern microservices or API-based architecture where appropriate.
  • Collaborate with architects, DBAs, and MQ teams to ensure end-to-end transaction flow.
  • Implement logging, observability, and CI/CD practices for C-based transaction apps.

Skills

  • Strong hands-on experience in C programming.
  • Expertise with TXSeries / CICS on AIX/Linux/Windows.
  • Familiarity with CICS commands (EXEC CICS SEND, LINK, RETURN, etc.).
  • Knowledge of DB2, Oracle, or VSAM integration.
  • Experience with IBM MQ or similar messaging systems.
  • Understanding of transactional systems, syncpoints, and error handling in CICS.