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Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA

West Advanced Technologies, Inc.Downey, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Jul 6, 2026

Why this role stands out

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to elevate your expertise in legacy systems while driving critical database infrastructure projects in a collaborative, hybrid environment. You will thrive in this position if you are a detail-oriented professional eager to apply your deep technical knowledge of ADABAS, IMS, and CICS to impact large-scale systems. Apply today to advance your career and contribute to the success of this high-impact technology team.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationDowney, CA, United States
Posted3 months ago
COBOL

Job description

ADABAS/IMS/CICS Systems programmer/DBA

California

12 months

Hybrid

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.

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.

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

Experience Preferred:

5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with ADABAS/NATURAL systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with IMS systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with CICS systems programming. 5 Years of experience in the last 8 years with IMS and ADABAS database administration.

Additional Information:

This is a System programmer role. Do not submit Mainframe application programmer profiles.

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Sunil Damagalla

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