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# Mainframe IMS System Programmer

- **Company:** PTR Global
- **Location:** Gilbert, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Customer Information Control System (CICS), Databases, IBM DB2, Distributed Systems, IBM Parallel Sysplex, Job Control Language (JCL), Rexx (Programming Language), IBM Information Management System, Mainframes, Performance Tuning, IBM Resource Access Control Facility, Ansible, Subsystems, TCP/IP, Z/OS, Transaction Processing (Computing), Tso/ispf, Omegamon
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75856085-mainframe-ims-system-programmer

## About the Role

* 7 plus years of IBM z/OS experience
 * Hands-on IMS DB and IMS TM administration
 * DBD, PSB, and ACB management
 * IMS control regions and transaction processing
 * Buffer pool tuning and performance optimization
 * IMS utilities, backup/recovery, and DR strategies
 * Troubleshooting logs, dumps, abends, and database errors
 * IMS integration with DB2, CICS, MQ, TCP/IP, and distributed systems
 * RACF security controls
 * SMP/E, JCL, TSO/ISPF, and SDSF
 * Sysplex and high-availability architecture experience
 * Willingness to work onsite three days per week

Preferred Experience:

 * IMS modernization and API enablement
 * z/OS Connect and REST integration
 * OMEGAMON, MainView, or RMF
 * REXX, Ansible, or z/OSMF workflows
 * TCP/IP and Assembler routines
 * IMS routines and exit routines
 * DB Control experience

Pay Range: $65/hr - $70/hr

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision as well as 401K contributions.

## Description

* Responsible for supporting and managing IMS DB and IMS TM subsystems on IBM z/OS, ensuring stability, availability, performance, security, and integration in a mission-critical environment.