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# DB2 System Programmer

- **Company:** Pyramid Consulting Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $137,280.0 - $141,440.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Customer Information Control System (CICS), CLIST, COBOL (Programming Language), Databases, IBM DB2, Job Control Language (JCL), Rexx (Programming Language), Tivoli Management Framework, Job Entry Subsystem 2/3, Mainframes, MVS (OS), Performance Tuning, IBM Resource Access Control Facility, SAS (Software), SQL Databases, Subsystems, Z/OS, Data Logging, Tso/ispf, System Availability, Change Data Capture, Omegamon
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/43f15730-3ad8-4bde-b736-ae769e356a01

## About the Role

* Key skills; DB2 FOR Z/OS, MAINFRAME, REORG, Q REPLICATION, JCL, Z/OS
 * Db2 for z/OS
 * z/OS, MVS, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, JES2/JES3
 * CICS, IMS, RACF, DFSMS, and SMP/E
 * SQL, COBOL, REXX, CLIST, SAS, or Assembler
 * Q Replication, SQL Replication, and Change Data Capture
 * Db2 Connect and Informatica PowerExchange
 * OMEGAMON, IntelliMagic, MXG, BMC MainView, Apptune, Query Monitor, TMON, Strobe, or Db2PM
 * TWS/OPC, SA z/OS, and NetView
 * Proposed Senior-Level Differentiation
 * 10 12+ years of relevant Db2 for z/OS experience
 * Independent ownership of subsystem administration, upgrades, migrations, and complex production issues
 * Advanced performance tuning and recovery expertise
 * Technical leadership, client communication, mentoring, and project ownership
 * Serves as the escalation point for high-severity incidents
 * Proposed Junior-Level Differentiation
 * Approximately 3 6 years of relevant mainframe or Db2 experience
 * Supports database administration, monitoring, utilities, maintenance, and incident resolution under senior guidance
 * Working knowledge of Db2, z/OS, JCL, SQL, TSO/ISPF, and production-support processes
 * Willingness to participate in on-call support and develop deeper systems-programming expertise

## Description

* Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade Db2 for z/OS subsystems.
 * Apply maintenance and fixes using SMP/E.
 * Administer production and non-production Db2 databases.
 * Execute and optimize Db2 utilities, including REORG, RUNSTATS, COPY, RECOVER, LOAD, and REBUILD INDEX.
 * Monitor and tune Db2 subsystems, SQL, buffer pools, locking, logging, storage, and application performance.
 * Support backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster-recovery testing.
 * Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
 * Support Q Replication, SQL Replication, Change Data Capture, and Db2 Connect.
 * Collaborate with application, CICS, storage, security, and z/OS infrastructure teams.
 * Follow ITIL incident, problem, change, and release-management processes.
 * Maintain technical documentation, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
 * Participate in rotational on-call and scheduled after-hours support


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