What are the responsibilities and job description for the IMS DBA & System Programmer Consultant position at TestingXperts?
Company Description
Greetings for the day!
My name is Sai from TestingXperts, we are a global staffing, consulting and technology solutions company, offering industry-specific solutions to our fortune 500 clients and worldwide corporations.
Job Description
Title: IMS DBA & System Programmer Consultant
Location: Moline, IL
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Interview: Phone and Skype
Job description:-
· Engineering graduate from recognised university
· Around 8-15 years of experience in IT Industry across Mainframe Technologies in the area of IMS DBA
· Tools - DeltaIMS, FileAid for IMS, IBM/BMC Utilities for IMS
Primary Skillsets IMS DBA · IMS Database Object Design
· Installing / Decommissioning / modifying IMS Databases / PSBs / ACBs · Defining IMS DC Transactions · Data Management Utilities - IBM/BMC viz. Unloads, Loads, Reorg, Check Utilities, Change Accumulation, Batch Backout
· Database Backup and Recovery · Capacity Management of IMS Databases
· DBD / PSB / ACB Parameter Configuration · Converting Database types for performance improvement
· Optimizing Randomizing parameters for best performance · Test environment management
· Level 2 Troubleshooting of IMS Databases issues
· Security Implementation for IMS using RACF IMS SYSTEMS
· Engineer and execute the processes to upgrade and/or apply maintenance to releases / versions of IMS database system software, and associated third party products
· Analyze and Maintain IMS database environment parameters
· Design and management of all IMS Buffer pools
· Analyse and Tune Randomizing parameters for performance improvement randomization
· DR Exercise (Planning, Testing and Execution) for the IMS installation
· Startup/Shutdown of IMS regions during IPL · Log Dataset Management for IMS
· Data Sharing implementation and Management for IMS
· Managing IMS Transaction Manager Resources in a IMSplex env
· DBRC Management for IMS
· Consultant on IMS database applications architecture
· Provide Level 3 support to troubleshoot/resolve system level and application problems with IMS Database technologies and associated Third Party products - coordinate escalation/intervention with vendor as necessary.
· Monitor and troubleshoot IMS address spaces for any potential issues
· Implement security strategy for IMS via RACF
· Strategy Reviews
· Scalability Analysis
· Database Architecture design strategy
· Planning Database maintenance window
· Secondary Skillsets · Assembler and REXX knowledge
Additional Information
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