Z/OS Network systems programmer

Z/OS Network Systems Programmer

Downey, CA

12 months

Onsite

Skills Required:

The Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA for Legacy Systems manages different types of databases, such as hierarchical (IMS), relational (DB2), and file-based (ADABAS), and is responsible for planning and upgrading the database environments on a County-established basis; verifying the health of all the databases; database administration technical consulting for application and operations teams for the purpose of project planning/development; maintenance on production database systems; performance of technical reviews for existing systems that utilize one of the following database management systems (DBMS): ADABAS, DB2 or IMS; performance of evaluations for the purposes of selecting new or fine-tuning existing DBMS software; consultation with project development teams to provide recommendations on database design; development of logical and physical database designs; creation of overviews of logical database designs; creation of physical databases; database capacity planning; development and use of backup and recovery procedures for databases; database performance monitoring; database space monitoring; database reorganizations; database replication; database compression and database partitioning. The following technology skill sets are required to perform in this classification. IBM: Z/OS, IMS, DB2, ADABAS, SMP/E, JCL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ACF2, ASSEMBLER/COBOL/REXX, IBM FILE MANAGER, DELTA/IMS, NATURAL/SUPERNAT, ENTIREX, CA SPOOL, IMS & DB2 BMC Tools, N20/TRIM.

This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Systems Programming/DBA, with at least three (3) years of that experience in a lead role.

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or engineering field.

Skills Preferred:

5 Years of Experience within the last 8 years with Z/OS Network skills, HCD, IODF, Z/OSMF, SMP/E, LU 6.2 and Mainframe hardware experience.

Additional information:

This position is strictly on-site with regular visits 10% to the datacenters located in El Segundo and Anaheim to help with migrations, cabling and upgrades. The candidate is to have a valid driver license with no restrictions and access to a vehicle for travel. County will not reimburse for travel/gas.