Job Title: Mainframe IMS Application DBA

Location : Phoenix, AZ

Duration : 12+Months

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of DBA experience supporting IMS databases in a z/OS environment using Sysplexed Data Sharing. Must have knowledge of Full Function, Fast Path and HALDB databases using Secondary Indexing, Logical Relationships, Sparsing Routines (Assembler), Replication, Compression, Encryption.  Database performance and tuning, Database monitoring and troubleshooting, Physical database design and build, Backup and recovery
• Strong experience with IBM z/OS environment
• Hands-on experience as IMS Application DBA (IMS DB)
• Experience with IMS utilities and DB maintenance activities
• Experience troubleshooting:
• Database abends (Uxxx, S0Cxx)
• Data corruption or integrity issues
• Familiarity with:
• JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, REXX
• Batch and online IMS environments (IMS DB/DC)
• IMS Database Administration Utilities, BMC utility and monitoring tools or equivalent.