IMS V15 System Programmer – Backup, Recovery & Tuning

Cognizant

Melbourne

On-site

AUD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

31 hours ago

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Job summary

Cognizant in Melbourne, Australia is seeking an experienced IMS System Programmer to install, maintain, and support our IMS V15 environment. You will own the day-to-day health of the IMS subsystem, from installation and fix maintenance through backup and recovery, and help the business evaluate new IMS capabilities.

Key responsibilities include system programming, scheduled admin tasks, problem diagnosis, and defining storage, CPU, and backup policies.

Qualifications

Strong knowledge of RDBMS concepts.
Experience with IMS software upgrades.
Experience with complete system-level backup and recovery.
Knowledge of IBM IMS utilities (backup, reorganization, recovery, load/unload, pointer checking).
Creation of databases, tablespaces, tables and indexes.
Knowledge of IMS/ Db2 commands.
Security and space management.
Incident, change, and problem management.
SQL performance tuning.
Monitoring DBA housekeeping, and resolving deadlocks and timeouts.

Responsibilities

Perform IMS V15 system programming: software installation and application of fixes.
Carry out scheduled administrative activities, including system start-up and shutdown.
Perform problem determination and resolution for IMS system software and related products, utilities, and tools.
Define and implement policies for disk storage set-up, CPU consumption limits, and backup strategy for IMS subsystem objects.
Administer and maintain IMS systems, including running backups and recovering corrupted data.
Carry out research and proof-of-concept work to test new and recent features of IMS and related products, and report long-term cost-benefits to senior management on an ongoing basis.