Job ID: TX-RRC176843 (910190203)
z/OS System Programmer with TSO, SYSVIEW, ISPF, IDCAMS, IEFBR14, IMS, DBRC, Batch/CICS Cobol, JCL, VSAM, REXX, IPPrintway, BPXBATCH, SFTP/FTPS, Informatica Power Exchange experience
Location: Austin,TX (RRC)
Duration: 5 months
Position:1 (1/1)
Skills:
Years Required/Preferred Experience
7 Required Experience with z/OS Systems administration
7 Required Experience in basic z/OS utilities: TSO, SYSVIEW and/or ISPF, Basic IBM utilities IDCAMS, IEFBR14
5 Required Experience with mainframe IMS database administration; Experience with DBRC
5 Required Experience with Batch and CICS Cobol, IMS programming and problem resolution; Experience developing and troubleshooting complex JCL
5 Required Experience with JCL, CICS, VSAM, and TSO; Working knowledge of Top Secret setup, administration, and reporting
2 Required Experience writing, analyzing, and debugging REXX programs in a z/OS environment; Experience maintaining mainframe printer assignments, including working knowledge of IPPrintway
10 Preferred 10+ years’ experience with z/OS Systems administration
10 Preferred 10+ years’ experience in basic z/OS utilities: TSO, SYSVIEW and/or ISPF, Basic IBM utilities IDCAMS, IEFBR14
8 Preferred 8+ years’ experience with mainframe IMS database administration
2 Preferred Working knowledge of BPXBATCH processing for remote executes • Working knowledge of batch SFTP and FTPS processing
2 Preferred Working knowledge of Informatica Power Exchange software using mainframe datasets (IMS and VSAM) as either a source or target for change data capture
2 Preferred Experience with logically related databases
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 IMS Database Administrator to support both the needs of the Legacy Systems as well as those for the Mainframe Transformation Team.