Position Title: Mainframe DBA

Position Number: 350171

Location: Dearborn, MI 48126

Position Type: Temporary

Required Skill Set:

COBOL, DBA, IDMS, Mainframe, VSAM, z/OS

Position Description:

**C2C is not available**
**Only U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. can be considered as W2 candidates.**
Job Title: Mainframe DBA
Location: Dearborn, MI 48126
Duration: 3 Months+


Description:
• Database Administrator
• The mainframe database administrator (DBA) will be part of a team of mainframe modernization and optimization assessment team.
• DBA will provide critical support to understand their current database landscape for mainframe applications and future needs.
• Assess current mainframe IMS /DB2 / IDMS database administration, supporting key business initiatives, using the full suite of BMC and IBM tools and utilities.
• Works with customer database personnel to understand their current database platform and future needs.
• DB2/IMS/IDMS Database administration experience, experience with mission critical, OLTP applications preferred, including performance tuning, migrations, backup and recovery methods.
• Minimum 5-7 Years experience administering Db2 /IMS/IDMS for z/OS databases in an enterprise environment
• Hands-on expertise in Database design, build, change and implementation
• Experience with BMC DB2 tools
• Working experience with Batch/Online IDMS programs.
• Experience in Teradata on z/OS
• Work experience on IDAA - IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator
• Work experience in performing IDMS DBA management functions
• Experience in converting non-relational DB like VSAM, IMS, IDMS to relational DB like Db2, Oracle etc. DB2/IDMS /IMS
• Database administration experience, experience with mission critical, OLTP applications preferred, including performance tuning, backup and recovery methods.
• Familiarity with IMS access via CICS, MQ and open system ODBC, JDBC drivers.
• Experience with IBM and BMC IMS utilities
• Experience of working with big COBOL programs that read and update large mainframe IDMS databases.
• Database performance monitoring and recommendations for improvement.