IMS DBA & System Programmer Consultant

Greetings for the day! My name is Sai from Testing Xperts, we are a global staffing, consulting and technology solutions company, offering industry‑specific solutions to our fortune 500 clients and worldwide corporations.

Location:

Moline, IL

Duration: 6 to 12 months

Interview:
Phone and Skype

• Engineering graduate from recognised university
• Around 8‑15+ years of experience in IT Industry across Mainframe Technologies in the area of IMS DBA
• Tools – Delta
  
  IMS, File Aid 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
• Scalability Analysis
• Planning Database maintenance window
• Secondary Skillsets – Assembler and REXX knowledge

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