Infrastructure Lead

| 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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