Mainframe IDMS DBA at SMART TECH SKILLS LLC

United States

<div class="benefits"> <div><strong>Benefits:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Competitive salary</li> </ul> </div> <div class="trix-content"> <div> <strong>Location</strong><br>100% Remote (Must reside within the continental U.S. and work standard EST hours)<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Experience Level</strong><br>Senior Level (15+ years of relevant experience)<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Role Overview</strong><br>The Senior IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) provides comprehensive database management for a high-profile, enterprise-class application development project. Working within a highly collaborative, fast-paced team environment, the DBA will support critical mainframe application and infrastructure databases. This role requires a self-motivated technical leader capable of handling ambiguity, driving database strategy, and seamlessly bridging technical execution with overarching project objectives.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Key Responsibilities<br></strong><br> </div><div> <strong>Database Administration & Operations</strong><br>• Provide hands-on IDMS monitoring and application support in alignment with best practices.<br>• Collaborate with systems support and extended database administration teams to maintain test, staging, and production databases.<br>• Develop and document standard operating procedures for database management.<br>• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation to ensure continuous system availability.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Performance Optimization</strong><br>• Enable and tune IDMS features to optimize database performance within a z/OS mainframe environment.<br>• Generate and analyze performance data using IDMS Perfmon.<br>• Recommend actionable strategies and implement solutions to achieve optimal system performance.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Technical Leadership & Collaboration</strong><br>• Advise product and application development teams on best approaches for data model extensions and structural changes.<br>• Coordinate with external entities, including vendors, cross-functional agencies, and project management stakeholders.<br>• Support project planning initiatives, including technical task effort estimation and resource allocation.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Required Qualifications</strong><br>• <strong>Education:</strong> Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or related field (or equivalent work experience).<br>• 15+ years of experience with IDMS deployment and operations in a z/OS environment on a z-series IBM mainframe.<br>• 15+ years of experience with the deployment of IDMS security, including security of ADS/O application structures, IDD, and relational database objects.<br>• 15+ years of experience with application programming for the IDMS database (native and SQL) using COBOL and ADS/O programming languages.<br>• 12+ years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on the z/OS operating system.<br>• 10+ years of experience with the IDMS SQL option, including creating/supporting relational model databases and implementing SQL access to native IDMS.<br>• 10+ years of experience utilizing IDMS Perfmon for online monitoring and report generation.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong><br>• Master’s degree in a related field.<br>• Hands-on knowledge of RACF security and application change management principles.<br>• Secondary knowledge of MS SQL Server.<br>• Previous experience in the healthcare sector, public sector, or managing PHI/PII data.<br>• Experience with Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) or Medicaid operations.<br>• Familiarity with surrounding technical environments and tools, such as VB.Net, C#.Net, Java, CICS, TSO, JCL, and RPG.<br><br> </div><div> <strong>Core Skills & Attributes</strong><br>• Impeccable integrity and the courage to make critical, high-impact decisions regarding public systems.<br>• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to project management.<br>• High degree of flexibility with an "entrepreneurial" mindset, comfortable operating in an environment where ambiguity is common.<br>• Strong collaborative mindset and the ability to work highly effectively with minimal supervision.</div> </div> <p>This is a remote position.</p>