Senior IMS Database Administrator

February 15

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Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 2,900 associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.

Support mission critical workloads • Reduce total cost of ownership • Modernize your infrastructure • Manage and migrate between systems • Managing business complexity

1001 - 5000 employees

📋 Description

• The Database Administrator creates, maintains, designs, monitors and troubleshoots client databases. • They use specific database management utilities, develop and implement database recovery mechanisms and procedures, and coordinate security measures to safeguard database integrity. • The successful candidate will perform mainframe database software upgrades coupled with administration and tuning to support our customers’ IMS environments. • The individual will need to work with vendor personnel to achieve timely solutions of database problems. • The individual will be responsible for day-to-day database maintenance such as creating backups, performing restores, monitoring file extent growth, scheduling reorganizations, creating and maintaining DR procedures and overall support of customer needs and requests. • The successful candidate will be called upon to perform a variety of database optimizations that will include general reporting and analysis of the efficiency of the database configuration and periodic review of database performance. • Expertise and work efforts will focus on the development and support and/or the customization of new services and support efforts. • System programming knowledge of multiple DBMS’s is a bonus. • The individual will need to participate in on-call responsibilities.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience. • 10+ years of professional experience in IMS for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for IMS a plus • Extensive experience with the following: • Know ledged in best practices of software management, maintenance and documentation • Configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment • Develop innovation, strategies, processes and best practices in IMS systems programming • Establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management, DR, security, maintenance and utilization • Reviewing new versions of IMS for functionality, advising how they benefit the client • Evaluating change requests and determine impact to assigned clients • Vendor consultations for problems and questions • DR recovery of application objects • Troubleshooting and solving production database issues • Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and effectively to support requests from multiple clients • Supporting multiple customer for after hours on-call • Database Administration • Knowledge of IMS database organization using access methods of VSAM and OSAM • Full function database organization types • HSAM, HISAM, SHISAM, HDAM, HIDAM, INDEX, GSAM • Definition and use of LOGICAL databases • HALDB (partitioned): PHDAM, PHIDAM, ILDS, PSINDEX, etc. • Fast Path databases (DEDBs)

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off • Three health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield • 401k with company match • Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts • Paid Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Sabbatical Leave • Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding • Enhanced fertility coverage • Wellness program • Flexible work schedule • Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers