Description

• Lead database administration efforts for a large-scale enterprise application supporting mission-critical business operations.
• Administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize IDMS databases in a high-availability IBM z/OS mainframe environment.
• Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, and database teams to support development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Configure, tune, and optimize database performance by analyzing system metrics and implementing performance improvements.
• Design, implement, and maintain database operational procedures, standards, and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership on database architecture, deployment strategies, security, and data model enhancements.
• Support application teams by recommending optimal database solutions and resolving complex database issues.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners to ensure successful project delivery.
• Participate in database deployments, upgrades, migrations, and production support activities.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation to maintain critical system availability.
• Contribute to project planning, technical estimations, resource planning, and implementation strategies.
• Prepare technical documentation and communicate project status, recommendations, and solutions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Ensure database security, integrity, reliability, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Mentor team members and promote database administration best practices.
• Perform additional database administration and technical leadership responsibilities as required.
  
   

Required Skills

 

• 15+ years of experience administering IDMS databases in IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
• 10+ years of experience with IDMS SQL Option, including relational database implementation and SQL-based database support.
• Extensive experience implementing and managing IDMS database security.
• Strong experience programming with COBOL and ADS/O for native and SQL-based IDMS databases.
• Experience with IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM) on z/OS.
• Experience using IDMS Perfmon for monitoring and performance reporting.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application development and implementation methodologies.
• Experience with project planning, technical effort estimation, and resource allocation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
  
   

Preferred Skills

 

• RACF security administration experience.
• Application change management experience.
• Experience working with healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
• Experience handling PHI/PII data.
• Public sector experience is a plus

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree