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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in administering and supporting IBM Db2 and IMS databases in a mainframe environment, with a strong focus on performance optimization, data integrity, and high-availability strategies. Proficient in troubleshooting, database maintenance, and managing change tickets throughout the deployment process.
Highest-signal resume keywords
IBM Db2 AdministrationIMS Database AdministrationChange Data Capture (CDC)SQL Query OptimizationDatabase Performance Tuning
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Hard Skills
Mainframe z/OS AdministrationDatabase Structure AdministrationPerformance OptimizationBackup and RecoveryTablespace ReorganizationIndex ReorganizationCapacity ManagementReplication MonitoringSQL Query ReviewIMS Administration
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
IBM IIDRTOAD OracleKafka
Industry Keywords
Data IntegrityHigh-AvailabilityDisaster RecoveryChange ManagementReplication Solutions
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesKafkaLinuxOracleSQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Administer and support IBM Db2 for z/OS databases in a large-scale mainframe environment
- Configure, monitor, and maintain CDC replication solutions for real-time data movement
- Ensure data integrity, consistency, and availability during replication and database operations
- Monitor and optimize Db2 and CDC performance
- Identify and resolve system bottlenecks and replication latency issues
- Troubleshoot and resolve database, replication, and connectivity incidents
- Perform database maintenance, including backup, recovery, migration, upgrades, and patch management
- Support high-availability and disaster-recovery strategies for mission-critical Db2 environments
- Analyze and resolve IMS and DB2 batch job failures and identify root causes
- Perform structure backfill, database refreshes, and recovery activities across environments
- Execute tablespace and index reorganizations, space reclamation, performance tuning, and capacity management
- Review and optimize SQL queries and access paths
- Create and manage change tickets from development through production deployment
- Monitor DB2/IMS health checks, tablespace status, and database objects
- Perform IMS administration activities including DBD changes, ACBGEN, DELGEN, AUTOGEN, DBRC registration, backup/recovery, reporting, documentation, and knowledge transfer
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years of experience administering and supporting Mainframe z/OS, IBM DB2, and IMS databases
- Experience with database structure administration, utility management, performance optimization, and database maintenance across enterprise environments
- Ability to analyze and troubleshoot IMS and DB2 batch job failures
- Experience performing DB2 and IMS structure backfill, database refreshes, and recovery activities
- Experience with tablespace and index reorganizations, space reclamation, performance tuning, and capacity management
- Ability to review and optimize SQL queries and access paths
- Experience creating and managing change tickets through production deployment
- Ability to monitor DB2/IMS health checks, tablespace status, and database objects
- Experience performing object alterations using DB2 commands
- IMS administration experience, including DBD changes, ACBGEN, DELGEN, AUTOGEN, DBRC registration, backup/recovery, reporting, documentation, and knowledge transfer
- 3+ years of experience in MF DB2 CDC Database Administration (preferred)
- Expertise in IBM IIDR/Change Data Capture (CDC), replication monitoring, subscription management, and troubleshooting replication issues (preferred)
- Experience monitoring and maintaining CDA subscriptions, performing subscription refreshes and schema modifications, and ensuring data synchronization (preferred)
- Proficiency creating replication SQLs for DB2 tables, managing TOAD Oracle environments, and developing IMS structural queries for Kafka-based data replication (preferred)
- Strong Enterprise Linux administration skills (preferred)
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation (preferred)
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (preferred)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Training and upskilling programs
- Hands-on experience and learning opportunities
- Opportunities to certify in four major platforms
- Flexible, supportive, hybrid-friendly work culture
- Be Well programs supporting financial, mental, physical, and social health
- Personalized development goals and continuous feedback
- Certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon
- Coaching and hands-on development experiences