Mainframe IMS Admin - DBA DBA + IMS Apps Admin

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Mainframe IMS Apps DBA

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Detailed JD:

Resource with 8+ years experience and has at least 5 years experience in IMS v15, 16 on z/OS Database Administration.

Candidate should possess strong knowledge on IMS v16 Database Administration.

Requires 7x24 support experience in a large production environment.

Excellent Verbal and written communication skills.

Good interpersonal Skills.

The candidate should have worked in a SLA driven environment.

Ability to work in a flexible, team-oriented and constantly changing environment

• Experience in IMS on z/OS administration.
• IMS database design and database alteration and Migration.
• Experience in creation of DBDs, PSBs, ACBs
• DASD/Tape management.
• Knowledge on IMS upgradation / Migration
• Capacity Planning.
• Experience in Performance Tuning.
• Strong Knowledge on IMS Utilities.
• Experience with High Availability Large Database (HALDB)
• Experience with IMS Debugging
• Excellent performance tuning skills and tools (exp: Tivoli, Omegamons, Query Manager, Transaction Analysis Workbench, BMC Performance Management Suite, IBM Application Performance Analyzer)
• Experience in database initialization, forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker, checkpoint restart, Fast path, DEDB etc
• Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.
• Proactive monitoring in space usage and troubleshooting space management.
• IMS application users management.
• IMS Batch job monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Security Management
• IMS Backup & recovery
• Exposure in Disaster Recovery.
• 7x24 support experience in a large production environment.
• Space Management
• Experience in IMS Tools (BMC, IBM HP Load, TMON IMS, Fileaid for IMS,..)
• Basic Knowledge on IMS System programming
• Should have worked in a SLA driven environment.
• Knowledge on IMS database decommissioning
• Basic knowledge on VSAM, CICS.