Summary: The IBM IMS Database Administrator role involves providing technical leadership and administration for mainframe IMS databases, ensuring optimal performance and security. The position requires extensive experience with mainframe application IMS database administration and related technologies. The successful candidate will collaborate with application and systems teams to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot IMS databases. This role is remote and offers opportunities for career advancement within a technology consulting firm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides technical leadership and guidance to the mainframe IMS application teams and collaborates with the Mainframe Systems teams.
• Routine system administration functions to include performance monitoring, security monitoring, and maintenance.
• Administer mainframe application IMS databases.
• Conduct performance monitoring and tuning activities, backup and recovery as well as troubleshooting applications on IMS databases.
• Create, modify and maintain IMS database descriptions.
• Add, remove and re-org database records as needed.
• Monitor and maintain IMS database performance.
• Maintain Mainframe Operating Systems Administration.

Key Skills:

• 8 or more years of experience with mainframe application IMS database administration.
• Experience with DBRC and forward recoveries.
• Experience with z/OS Systems platform.
• Experience in basic z/OS utilities: TSO, SYSVIEW and/or SDSF, JSF, Basic IBM utilities IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14.
• Experience with Batch and CICS Cobol, IMS programming and problem resolution.
• Experience developing and troubleshooting complex JCL.
• Experience with JCL, CICS, VSAM, and TSO.
• Experience writing, analyzing, and debugging REXX programs in a z/OS environment.
• Experience with IMS HAL databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT