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Mainframe Systems Programmer

Trinus Corporation
Downey, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/19/2026

Role: Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA

Location: Downey, CA(Hybrid)

Background Checks: Yes


Position Description:

  • A Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA is responsible for leading and/or supporting the most complex database upgrade projects, modification, installation, testing, implementation, maintenance and enhancements of new or existing system software products.
  • This classification must plan, install, configure, test, implement and manage core database products, software products in support of the County’s database architecture and business needs.
  • Special organizational or functional industry position titles for Systems Programmer/DBA include, but are not limited to, DB2 Systems Programmer/DBA, IMS Systems Programmer/DBA and ADABAS/NATURAL Systems Programmer/DBA.

Skills Required

  • The Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA for Legacy Systems manages different types of databases, such as hierarchical (IMS), relational (DB2), and file-based (ADABAS), and is responsible for planning and upgrading the database environments on a County-established basis; verifying the health of all the databases; database administration technical consulting for application and operations teams for the purpose of project planning/development; maintenance on production database systems; performance of technical reviews for existing systems that utilize one of the following database management systems (DBMS): ADABAS, DB2 or IMS; performance of evaluations for the purposes of selecting new or fine-tuning existing DBMS software; consultation with project development teams to provide recommendations on database design; development of logical and physical database designs; creation of overviews of logical database designs; creation of physical databases; database capacity planning; development and use of backup and recovery procedures for databases; database performance monitoring; database space monitoring; database reorganizations; database replication; database compression and database partitioning.
  • The following technology skill sets are required to perform in this classification.
  • IBM: Z/OS, IMS, DB2, ADABAS, SMP/E, JCL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ACF2, ASSEMBLER/COBOL/REXX, IBM FILE MANAGER, DELTA/IMS, NATURAL/ SUPERNAT, ENTIREX, CA SPOOL, IMS & DB2 BMC Tools, N20/TRIM.

Additional Skills:

  • required IMS DB/DC CICS ADABAS NATURAL N2O TRIM NATSECURITY.

Experience Required:

  • This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Systems Programming/ DBA, with at least three (3) years of that experience in a lead role.

Education Required

  • This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or engineering field.

Additional Information:

  • This position is Hybrid. The resource has to be on-site 2 days a week.
  • Do not submit mainframe application developer profiles.
  • This is a systems programmer/DBA role.

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