Position: IMS DBA (Onsite)

Job Description

The IMS Database Administrator creates, maintains, designs, monitors and troubleshoots client databases. They use specific relational database management systems, develop and implement database recovery mechanisms and procedures. And coordinate security measures to safeguard database integrity.

Key Areas of Focus for this Role

The successful candidate will perform mainframe database software upgrades coupled with administration and tuning to support IMS environments.

The individual will be responsible for day-to-day database maintenance such as creating backups, performing restores, monitoring file extent growth, scheduling reorganizations, creating and maintaining DR procedures and overall support of customer needs and requests.

The successful candidate will be called upon to perform a variety of database optimizations that will include general reporting and analysis of the efficiency of the database configuration and periodic review of database performance.

Expertise and work efforts will focus on the development and support and/or the customization of new services and support efforts.

System programming knowledge of multiple DBMS s is a bonus.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor s degree required and/or equivalent work experience.

5 years of professional experience in IMS for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for IMS a plus

Knowledgeable in best practices of software management, maintenance and documentation

Configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment

Develop innovation, strategies, processes and best practices in IMS systems programming

Establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management, DR, security, maintenance and utilization

Reviewing new versions of IMS for functionality, advising how they benefit the client

Evaluating change requests and determine impact to assigned clients

Vendor consultations for problems and questions

DR recovery of application objects

Troubleshooting and solving production database issues

Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and effectively to support requests from multiple clients