What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe IMS Database Administrator position at Neos Consulting?
City : Austin
State : Texas
Neos is a leading Austin-based IT Staffing and Consulting firm, and was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Austin.
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Neos is seeking a Mainframe IMS Database Administrator for a long-term contract with our client in Austin, TX.
ONLY CANDIDATES LOCAL TO TEXAS NEED APPLY
Provides technical leadership and guidance to the mainframe IMS application teams and collaborate with the Mainframe Systems teams to ensure the applications are highly available. Provide DBA maintenance and development support of application databases in all environments (development, acceptance, and production). Work will involve highly advanced (senior-level) systems administration in support of agency mainframe applications and supporting infrastructure, and coordination of day-to-day system administration functions. As the DBA, you will conduct performance monitoring and tuning activities, backup and recovery as well as troubleshooting applications on IMS databases.
Routine system administration functions to include security administration support, performance monitoring, security monitoring, and maintenance.
Work includes supporting production control processes, overseeing and coordinating mainframe operations in the State's Consolidated Data Center Services (DCS), and working with the Network Administration, Customer Support and Applications Development & Support teams to provide support necessary for day-to-day mainframe operations.
The Worker will apply their expert knowledge and experience as a Mainframe Application IMS Database Administrator to support both the needs of the Legacy Systems as well as those for the Mainframe Transformation Team.
IMPORTANT : This position is for a hands-on Application IMS DBA, not for a DB2 DBA.
WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Administer mainframe application IMS databases.
- As the DBA, you will conduct performance monitoring and tuning activities, backup and recovery as well as troubleshooting applications on IMS databases. Proficient with using DBRC / RECONS and List reports
- Proficient with performing DBRC forward recoveries
- Experience with selecting points in time to do valid recoveries and performing actual database recoveries.
- Knowledgeable of IBM IMS utilities and familiar with vendor utilities. Create, modify and maintain IMS database descriptions.
- Add, remove and re-org database records as needed. Monitor and maintain IMS database performance.
Application support issues that involve IMS databases.
o Assist application programmers on DBRC issues in the test environment
o Research and resolve DBRC related abends in the production environment
mainframe mail and print systems.
Maintain Mainframe Operating Systems Administration.
o Setup and maintain process for account creation, user access profiles and generate account access review reports.
Coordinate testing of mainframe software upgrades and Disaster Recovery plans with DCS vendor.
