IDMS DBA

· Administering and maintaining CA IDMS environments, including installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching

· Monitoring IDMS regions to ensure high availability and performance

· Managing IDMS-DC (Data Communications) environments and resolving communication issues

· Supporting application teams working with ADS and COBOL, including development and deployment activity

· Designing and maintaining schemas and subschemas, ensuring data integrity and efficient database structures

· Monitoring database performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing tuning improvements (buffers, indexing, storage)

· Managing backup, recovery, and journaling processes, ensuring minimal downtime and data loss

· Troubleshooting incidents, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing long-term fixes

· Enforcing security controls and ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements

· Maintaining clear documentation and supporting knowledge sharing across teams

· 5+ years’ experience working as an IDMS DBA in large enterprise or mainframe environments

· Strong expertise in: CA IDMS, IDMS-DC, ADS (Application Development System) COBOL

· Proven experience with schema and subschema design and maintenance

· Strong background in performance monitoring and tuning

· Experience with backup, recovery, journaling, and disaster recovery planning

· Hands-on experience with database restructure activities (unload/reload/reorg)