Infrastructure Lead
- Lead administration and production support for CICS and/or IBM MQ environments running on z/OS.
- Manage infrastructure upgrades, migrations, patching, configuration, performance tuning and maintenance.
- Resolve complex production incidents and work with application and infrastructure teams in a large enterprise environment, including on-call support when required.
| Hybrid role | CICS | MQ | z/OS
Location: Melbourne CBD
Work Type: Hybrid (2-3 days in office)
Contract: Initial 6 months with likely extension up to 12 months
Rate: $950 + Super per day
About the RoleWe are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Lead to support and manage critical CICS and/or IBM MQ environments on z/OS. This role will focus on infrastructure administration, upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support within a large enterprise environment.Candidates with strong experience in CICS, MQ, or both are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the administration and support of CICS and/or IBM MQ on z/OS.
- Manage upgrades, migrations, patching, and ongoing maintenance activities.
- Build, configure, and maintain CICS/MQ regions and associated infrastructure.
- Monitor system performance and implement tuning and optimisation initiatives.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production incidents and system issues.
- Manage security, configuration, and operational support activities.
- Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to resolve technical challenges.
- Support enterprise production environments, including on-call support when required.
Skills & Experience
- 8+ years' hands-on experience supporting CICS and/or IBM MQ on z/OS.
- Strong experience with infrastructure administration, maintenance, and production support.
- Proven experience performing upgrades, migrations, and patch management.
- Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments.
Mandatory Technical SkillsCICS
- Strong CICS administration experience.
- CICS upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning.
- Experience with CICS region configuration and resource management.
- Strong knowledge of CICSPlex/SM (mandatory).
MQ
- Strong IBM MQ on z/OS administration experience.
- MQ object administration, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Experience with MQ region build and configuration.
- Strong knowledge of MQ Sharing/Shared Queue concepts (mandatory).
What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click Apply or forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to me at Vaibhav.singh@hays.com.au
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