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Form of workTitle: Senior IMS Systems Programmer
Location: - Remote
Duration: 12+ months
Must Have Skills
Must have:
Location: - Remote
Duration: 12+ months
Must Have Skills
Must have:
- Bachelor's degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years of professional experience in IMS for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for IMS a plus
- Develop innovation, strategies, processes and best practices in IMS systems programming
- Troubleshooting and solving of IMS System and database issues
- Strong JCL skills
- Database Administration
- Extensive experience with the following:
- Knowledge in best practices of software management, maintenance and documentation
- Configure and manage IMS in a parallel sysplex environment
- Knowledge of IMS database organization using access methods of VSAM and OSAM
- Knowledge of log archive and change accumulation utilities
- Identification and resolution of performance issues
- Online tracing - Usage of IMS TRACE commands and associated utilities for spot monitoring of online program/transaction activity
- A solid working knowledge of SMP/E and its role in the installation process
- Full function database organization types: HSAM, HISAM, SHISAM, HDAM, HIDAM, INDEX, Department
- Definition and use of LOGICAL databases: HALDB (partitioned): PHDAM, PHIDAM, ILDS, PSINDEX, etc.
- Knowledge of Fast Path databases (DEDBs)
- Evaluating change requests and determine impact to assigned clients
- Troubleshooting and solving production database issues
