DB2/IMS Systems programmer/DBA

Position Description

A Mainframe Systems Programmer / DBA is responsible for leading and / or supporting the most complex database upgrade projects, modification, installation, testing, implementation, maintenance and enhancements of new or existing system software products.

This classification must plan, install, configure, test, implement and manage core database products, software products in support of the County’s database architecture and business needs.

Special organizational or functional industry position titles for Systems Programmer / DBA include, but are not limited to, DB2 Systems Programmer / DBA, IMS Systems Programmer / DBA and ADABAS / NATURAL Systems Programmer / DBA.

Skills Required

• 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.

Skills Preferred

Sr Mainframe Systems programmer for DB2 / IMS / MQ and a Sr DBA. SMP / E, IMS DB / DC, DB2, Z / OSMF, MQ, IMS DBA, DB2 DBA , Assembler, Cobol.

Experience Required

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.

Experience Preferred

10 Years of Experience with Z / OS System programming and Mainframe DBA Skills.

Education Required

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

Additional Information

This is strictly a Systems programmer.

This Position is going to be On-site for couple of Months and then Remote.

The consultant need to be On-site when ever directed with no exceptions

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