Responsible for supporting and managing IMS DB and IMS TM subsystems on IBM z/OS, ensuring stability, availability, performance, security, and integration in a mission-critical environment.
Mandatory Requirements Include:
7 plus years of IBM z/OS experience
Hands-on IMS DB and IMS TM administration
DBD, PSB, and ACB management
IMS control regions and transaction processing
Buffer pool tuning and performance optimization
IMS utilities, backup/recovery, and DR strategies
Troubleshooting logs, dumps, abends, and database errors
IMS integration with DB2, CICS, MQ, TCP/IP, and distributed systems
RACF security controls
SMP/E, JCL, TSO/ISPF, and SDSF
Sysplex and high-availability architecture experience
Willingness to work onsite three days per week
Preferred Experience:
IMS modernization and API enablement
z/OS Connect and REST integration
OMEGAMON, MainView, or RMF
REXX, Ansible, or z/OSMF workflows
TCP/IP and Assembler routines
IMS routines and exit routines
DB Control experience
Numbers & Facts
Location
Dallas, TX
Skills
Ansibleunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Data Recoveryunmatched
Database Administrationunmatched
Distributed Computingunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System)unmatched
IBM DB2unmatched
IBM IMS Databaseunmatched
IBM Rexx Programming Languageunmatched
IBM Sysplexunmatched
IBM System/Spool Display and Search Facility (SDSF)unmatched