What are the responsibilities and job description for the DB Specialist position at Amdocs?
Required Travel :No Travel
Managerial - No
Location: :USA-TX, Plano, Tennyson Pkwy (AM)
Who are we?
Amdocs helps the world’s leading communications and media companies deliver exceptional customer experiences through reliable, efficient, and secure operations at scale. We provide software products and services that embed intelligence into how work runs across business, IT, and network domains –delivering measurable outcomes in customer experience, network performance, cloud modernization, and revenue growth. With our talented people, and more than forty years of experience running mission-critical systems around the globe, Amdocs runs billions of transactions daily. Our technology is relied on every day, connecting people worldwide and advancing a more inclusive, connected world. Together, we help those who shape the future to make it amazing. Amdocs is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: DOX) and reported revenue of $4.53 billion in fiscal 2025. For more information, visit www.amdocs.com
At Amdocs, our mission is to empower our employees to 'Live Amazing, Do Amazing' every day. We believe in creating a workplace where you not only excel professionally but also thrive personally. Through our culture of making a real impact, fostering growth, embracing flexibility, and building connections, we enable them to live meaningful lives while making a difference in the world.
In one sentence
Production Support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical skills.
What will your job look like?
IMS DBA experience: Primary scope
Managerial - No
Location: :USA-TX, Plano, Tennyson Pkwy (AM)
Who are we?
Amdocs helps the world’s leading communications and media companies deliver exceptional customer experiences through reliable, efficient, and secure operations at scale. We provide software products and services that embed intelligence into how work runs across business, IT, and network domains –delivering measurable outcomes in customer experience, network performance, cloud modernization, and revenue growth. With our talented people, and more than forty years of experience running mission-critical systems around the globe, Amdocs runs billions of transactions daily. Our technology is relied on every day, connecting people worldwide and advancing a more inclusive, connected world. Together, we help those who shape the future to make it amazing. Amdocs is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: DOX) and reported revenue of $4.53 billion in fiscal 2025. For more information, visit www.amdocs.com
At Amdocs, our mission is to empower our employees to 'Live Amazing, Do Amazing' every day. We believe in creating a workplace where you not only excel professionally but also thrive personally. Through our culture of making a real impact, fostering growth, embracing flexibility, and building connections, we enable them to live meaningful lives while making a difference in the world.
In one sentence
Production Support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical skills.
What will your job look like?
IMS DBA experience: Primary scope
- IMS DB support experience with version 13 onwards.
- DB Objects – Experience in creating and modifying DBD, PSB, ACB, FMT.
- Experience with administration of IMS Full Function, HALDB, Fastpath databases.
- Good knowledge on DBRC, Restore, Reorg, Load IMS DB.
- Experience in database initialization, forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker, checkpoint restart, Fast path, DEDB etc
- Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.
- Usage of IMS utilities (including IBM, BMC)
- Working Knowledge of RACF as it relates to IMS.
- Working Knowledge of IMS exit points and routines
- z/OS – TSO, ISPF, JCL
- Tools – FileManager, ADBUS
- Basic knowledge on VSAM,CICS, IMS DC
- DB Objects – Experience in creating and modifying DB2 objects - Database, Storage Group, Tablespace, Tables, Views, Indexes, etc.
- Experience with DB2 commands: - Stop/Start Databases, Display command, Cancel thread and Term & Display utility, others.
- Hands on experience on DB2 utilities: Reorg and Runstat, Backup and Recovery of Table spaces (copy & recover), Repair, Load/Unload utilities.
- Ability to bind/rebind the Plans/Packages and Granting required accesses to Packages/Plans/Collections.
- Experience in Database Monitoring.
- Experience in Database replication – IBM DB2 Data Propagator
- DB2 administration - Strong Troubleshooting skills
- DB2 privileges and RACF
- z/OS – TSO, ISPF, JCL.
- Tools – DB2 Admin tool, QMF, FileManager, Changeman, ESP.
- Bachelor / B.Sc. in computer science or equivalent
- 7-8 years’ experience as a DBA in a SW company
- IMB DB Support
- Good communication skills
- Provide 24X7 on call support on rotational basis.
- REXX development experience
- Teradata experience
- You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization, with ever growing opportunities for personal growth and one of the highest scores of employee engagement in Amdocs.
- You will be able to use your specific insights into variety of projects to overcome technical challenge while continuing to deepen your area of knowledge.
- You will have the opportunity to work in multinational environment for the global market leader in its field
- We provide stellar benefits including but not limited to, health, dental, unlimited vacation and parental leave!