Immediate need for a talented Mainframe IMS DB Tools. This is a 06months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Toronto ON(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:26-30352

Pay Range: $102/hr - $103/hour. Employee benefits include but are not limited to health insurance (medical dental vision) 401(k) plan and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

- Core Technical Skills:
- Install configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment
- Install configure and manage IBM IMS Tools
- IMS systems programming
- Establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management DR security maintenance and utilization
- Reviewing new versions of IMS for functionality advising how they benefit the client
- Evaluating change requests and determine impact to assigned clients
- Vendor consultations for problems and questions
- DR recovery of application objects
- Lead and execute complex migrations to IBM IMS Tools from 3rd party products
- Develop a project plan with defined phases (Planning Conversion Implementation Cutover) and timelines ensuring alignment with client objectives and internal best practices
- Conduct customer training sessions and develop presentation materials for IMS Tools and migration processes

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

- Key skills;IMS system programming (install configure maintain))IMS in Parallel Sysplex administration IMS tools expertise IBM BMC Broadcom/CA
- Database Administration
- Knowledge of IMS database organization using access methods of VSAM and OSAM
- Full function database organization types
- HSAM HISAM SHISAM HDAM HIDAM INDEX GSAM
- Definition and use of LOGICAL databases
- HALDB (partitioned): PHDAM PHIDAM ILDS PSINDEX etc.
- Rapid Path databases (DEDBs)
- Database Design and related utilities
- DBD source coding and DBDGEN
- PSBGEN source coding and PSBGEN




- How databases are processed using secondary indexes (PROCSEQ)
- Correct usage of PROCOPT to minimize database locking
- ACBGEN
- Online Change
- IMS Catalog and IMS Management of ACBs
- Database monitoring
- Space management
- Database dataset space reporting for proactive outage avoidance.
- How to immediately fix an out of space condition for a VSAM database dataset
- Optional Skills:
- BMC IMS Tools experience
- Broadcom IMS Tools experience
- Z/OS scheduling expertise
- IMS DBA experience
- Troubleshooting and solving production database issues
- Install configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment
- Install configure and manage IBM IMS Tools
- IMS systems programming
- Establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management DR security maintenance and utilization
- DR recovery of application objects
- Lead and execute complex migrations to IBM IMS Tools from 3rd party products
- 16.00 Years of Experience

Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position please apply online for immediate consideration.

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📌 Mainframe IMS DB Tools (Toronto)
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