Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA

WEST Inc
United States
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Adaptable Database Systems Customer Information Control System (CICS) COBOL (Programming Language) Databases IBM DB2 Database Design Disaster Recovery Job Control Language (JCL) Rexx (Programming Language) IBM Information Management System Logical Databases Mainframes
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Operational Databases System Programming Z/OS Database Performance Database Replication Legacy Systems

Requirements

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.

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.

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

Experience Preferred:

5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with ADABAS/NATURAL systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with IMS systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with CICS systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with IMS and ADABAS database administration.

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