IMS DBA & System Programmer Consultant

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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.

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

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