100% Remote Senior DB2 z/OS Systems Programmer with DB2 V13 upgrade Exp
DMS Vision Inc.
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Job Details
Skills
- Z/OS
- DB2
- REXX
Summary
Duration: Until 2027
VISA: Any VISA is OK
Job Description:
- Must have experience with DB2 V13 upgrade and can speak in more detail on DSNZPARMrecommendations and software deployment and backout considerations.
- 10+ years of hands-on Db2 for z/OS engineering, administration, architecture, performance tuning, recovery, and production support experience in large enterprise Sysplex and data sharing environments
- Expert knowledge of Db2 for z/OS subsystem internals, including IRLM, DDF, EDM pools, buffer pools, logging, utilities, packages, plans, WLM interactions, and z/OS dependencies
- Demonstrated experience configuring, governing, and tuning DSNZPARM settings across development, test, and production environments
- Proven experience supporting Db2 data sharing groups, including group buffer pool strategy, coupling facility interactions, member balancing, lock contention analysis, restart/recovery behavior, high availability, and disaster recovery procedures
- Strong understanding of Db2 security architecture, including RACF integration, authentication, authorization, trusted contexts, privileged access controls, SECADM/SYSADM separation, audit traces, encryption, certificates, and secure remote connectivity
- Experience performing Db2 software lifecycle management, including SMP/E, PTF evaluation, RSU planning, APAR analysis, ++HOLDDATA review, vendor advisory assessment, maintenance windows, fallback planning, and deployment governance
- Ability to assess vulnerability findings, CVE applicability, security bulletins, patch exposure, configuration drift, exploitability, compensating controls, remediation complexity, and implementation risk for Db2 for z/OS environments
- Experience identifying software risk exposures, attack surface, control gaps, operational weaknesses, and remediation opportunities across Db2, z/OS, RACF, DDF, utilities, middleware interfaces, certificates, and automation tooling
- Under concepts of Db2 performance, locking, logging, DDF connectivity, utility execution, package access paths, subsystem contention, and production incident patterns
- Knowledge of z/OS functions relevant to Db2 operations, including APF, link list, LPA, RACF, WLM, SMS-managed datasets, JES, TCP/IP, and certificate management
- Experience developing internal tools and operational automation using JCL, REXX, Python, USS, Git, Jenkins, z/OSMF, Zowe APIs, or related mainframe DevOps tooling
- Ability to apply AI principles to Db2 operational telemetry, anomaly detection, trend forecasting, vulnerability correlation, risk prioritization, evidence summarization, and decision support
- Ability to partner with application, security, RACF, middleware, storage, and z/OS teams to define practical remediation strategies, validation evidence, configuration standards, and production readiness criteria
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including production of technical documentation, runbooks, implementation plans, validation evidence, technical risk summaries, governance materials, and executive-ready remediation recommendations
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- Dice Id: 91133942
- Position Id: 3192-35330-1793127053
- Posted 5 hours ago
Company Info
About DMS Vision Inc.
At DMS Vision, our main goal is to be an integral part of our customer’s success. With ambition to be a Global Premier Provider of innovative, value-based technology solutions, our team has the drive and determination to do whatever it takes to meet the needs of our clients. Through our services, we strive to save our client’s money, time and hassle in every way possible.
At DMS Vision, we provide IT Staffing, Software Development, Cybersecurity and IoT Development and Services.
Whenever we take on a new project, we take extensive measures to learn all that we can take care about our client’s business. This allows us to better understand their goals and become familiar with the company’s philosophy.
We combine the insights obtained from this unique perspective with our professional strategic processes to develop a detailed plan for achieving the client’s ultimate vision of accomplishment. Our collaborative approach to problem solving and our technological expertise enables us to tackle even the most complex of our customer’s problems.