Sr Mainframe Database Systems Engineer

Sr Mainframe Database Systems Engineer

Location: Hartford, CT 06183

Long term contract on w2 

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in work experience
• 8 or more years of hands-on Db2 for z/OS systems programming experience, including installation, maintenance and version migration.
• Strong working knowledge of SMP/E, z/OS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF/IOF and REXX.
• Demonstrated experience with subsystem-level problem determination and recovery, including working cases with IBM support.
• Experience configuring and tuning Db2 subsystems: DSNZPARMs, buffer pools, logging and memory.
• Working knowledge of RACF as it applies to Db2 and IMS.
• Willingness to work weekends, overnights and holidays on occassion for maintenance windows and production issues.
• Willingness to provide occassional advanced support to those participating in an on-call rotation.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Technical Expertise & Education:
• IMS systems programming experience: DB/DC, DBRC, HALDB, managed ACBs and the IMS catalog.
• Db2 data sharing, Parallel Sysplex and coupling facility experience.
• Experience with BMC AMI and Broadcom (CA) tools such as File Master, and IBM tools such as Db2 SQL Tuning Services and QMF.
• Experience with Informatica PowerExchange listeners on z/OS.
• Experience with Db2 LUW and distributed Db2 connectivity.
• 3 or more years as a technical lead, ideally including oversight of vendor or managed service teams.
• Experience planning and running DR exercises for Db2 and IMS.
• IBM Db2 for z/OS certification.