Sr Mainframe Database Systems Engineer
Ssv Technologies Inc
East Hartford, CT, United States
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Role details
Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Databases
System Configuration
Data Sharing
IBM DB2
DB2 SQL
IBM Parallel Sysplex
Job Control Language (JCL)
Rexx (Programming Language)
Mainframes
Performance Tuning
IBM Resource Access Control Facility
Broadcom
+6 more
Subsystems
System Programming
Z/OS
Data Logging
Tso/ispf
Information Technology
Requirements
What is a Must Have?
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in work experience
- 8 or more years of hands-on Db2 for z/OS systems programming experience, including installation, maintenance and version migration.
- Strong working knowledge of SMP/E, z/OS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF/IOF and REXX.
- Demonstrated experience with subsystem-level problem determination and recovery, including working cases with IBM support.
- Experience configuring and tuning Db2 subsystems: DSNZPARMs, buffer pools, logging and memory.
- Working knowledge of RACF as it applies to Db2 and IMS.
- Willingness to work weekends, overnights and holidays on occassion for maintenance windows and production issues.
- Willingness to provide occassional advanced support to those participating in an on-call rotation.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
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Technical Expertise & Education:
- IMS systems programming experience: DB/DC, DBRC, HALDB, managed ACBs and the IMS catalog.
- Db2 data sharing, Parallel Sysplex and coupling facility experience.
- Experience with BMC AMI and Broadcom (CA) tools such as File Master, and IBM tools such as Db2 SQL Tuning Services and QMF.
- Experience with Informatica PowerExchange listeners on z/OS.
- Experience with Db2 LUW and distributed Db2 connectivity.
- 3 or more years as a technical lead, ideally including oversight of vendor or managed service teams.
- Experience planning and running DR exercises for Db2 and IMS.
- IBM Db2 for z/OS certification.
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