Senior CA Datacom Systems Administrator w IBM CICS - REMOTE
Posted 4 days ago by 1759492684
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Senior CA Datacom Systems Administrator will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing CA Datacom subsystems to support financial applications for the Bureau of Fiscal Service. This position involves database administration, performance tuning, and providing technical support to development teams. The role requires extensive experience with CA Datacom and related tools, as well as a strong background in systems programming. The position is remote, allowing for flexibility in work arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as Primary database administrator for the CA Datacom subsystems for the client's mainframe.
- Provide tuning and performance recommendations, configures, and maintains and supports CA Datacom applications.
- Provide technical assistance and production support to the development teams for related issues and concerns.
- Provide CA Datacom reporting and system information for Datacomm auditing, support CA Datacom audit tools, including Solutionary, and XBridge.
- Monitor CA Datacom performance and recommend tuning to improve performance. Also responsible for third party development tools from Compuware.
- Install and configure CA Datacom.
- Install and configure CA Datacom related tools such as Insight and Catalog Manager.
- Production support and problem resolution.
- Ensure recoverability by setting up proper backup utilities and procedures. Production monitoring and performance analysis.
- Performance tuning which includes but is not limited to improving indexing, rewriting SQL, and restructuring CA Datacom objects.
- Database design reviews.
- Review and implement database changes such as new tables, modifying existing tables, new indexes, and creating a variety of other DB2 objects as needed by the application.
- Schedule or run utilities to maintain optimal database organization for best performance.
- Perform database recovery when necessitated by hardware or software failure.
- Provide guidance and support and debugging expertise to application developers.
- Participating in security audits.
- Monitor application unit testing and system/load testing in development.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- 10 years experience.
- IBM CICS.
- Systems Programming.
- Broadcom CA Tools.
- CA Datacom installation and configuration experience.
- CA Datacom administration experience.
- CA Datacom tuning experience to include performance recommendations.
- Experience with CA Datacom related tools such as Insight and Catalog Manager.
- Production support and problem resolution.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Senior CA Datacom Systems Administrator you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Senior CA Datacom Systems Administrator joining our team to design, develop and administer CA Datacom Subsystems and support financial applications for Bureau of Fiscal Service.
How a Senior CA Datacom Systems Administrator will Make an Impact:
- Act as Primary database administrator for the CA Datacom subsystems for the client's mainframe.
- Provide tuning and performance recommendations, configures, and maintains and supports CA Datacom applications.
- Provide technical assistance and production support to the development teams for related issues and concerns.
- Provide CA Datacom reporting and system information for Datacomm auditing, support CA Datacom audit tools, including Solutionary, and XBridge.
- Monitor CA Datacom performance and recommend tuning to improve performance.
Also responsible for third party development tools from Compuware. - Install and configure CA Datacom
- Install and configure CA Datacom related tools such as Insight and Catalog Manager
- Production support and problem resolution
- Ensure recoverability by setting up proper backup utilities and procedures
Production monitoring and performance analysis - Performance tuning which includes but is not limited to improving indexing, rewriting SQL, and restructuring CA Datacom objects
- Database design reviews
- Review and implement database changes such as new tables, modifying existing tables, new indexes, and creating a variety of other DB2 objects as needed by the application
- Schedule or run utilities to maintain optimal database organization for best performance
- Perform database recovery when necessitated by hardware or software failure
- Provide guidance and support and debugging expertise to application developers
- Participating in security audits
- Monitor application unit testing and system/load testing in development
What You ll Need to Succeed:
Education:
- Bachelor s Degree or equivalent relevant experience
Required Experience:
- 10 years experience
Required Technical Skills:
- IBM CICS
- Systems Programming
- Broadcom CA Tools
- CA Datacom installation and configuration experience
- CA Datacom administration experience
- CA Datacom tuning experience to include performance recommendations
- Experience with CA Datacom related tools such as Insight and Catalog Manager
- Production support and problem resolution
Security Clearance Level:
- None
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Experience with CA Datacom related tools such as Insight and Catalog Manager
- Production support and problem resolution
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in IBM DB2, Modern Databases, Mainframe Cloud Migration & Modernization
Location:
- Remote
Citizenship Required:
- US Person
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What is the mission of the program/contract? Modernization of Financial applications for BFS.
- What will a typical workday look like for the Contractor? Is this a team setting? Participate in daily scrum calls, monitor and manage Datacom database, report and document Datacom activities in Jira, support requests from other team members and partner applications.
- What are the top three skillsets the candidate should have? ECA Datacom configuration, administration and tuning experience.
- What is the interview process? How many interviews until decision is made? Audio only or audio/video or in-person? Teams Video Interview with technical team and management .
- What government agency/customer does the contract support? Bureau of Fiscal Service.
- What is the length of the contract? What Option Year is it currently in? When is re-compete? PPS contract ends on 5/31/2026. Option year 2. We expect a follow-on after the contract end.
- What is the Public Trust process? Is it required prior to start? How long does that approval process typically take? Primary vendor JPMC clearance and Bureau of Fiscal Service background verification process usually takes 2-4 weeks and is required to start.