IDMS Database Administrator - Contract - Remote

SUNSHINE ENTERPRISE USA LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

SUNSHINE ENTERPRISE USA LLC is seeking an experienced IDMS Database Administrator (IDMS DBA) for a 12-month contract. The role requires 16+ years of IDMS and mainframe experience, strong security, SQL, COBOL, and ADS/O/IDD expertise.

Remote work with EST hours and 24x7 on-call rotation are included. The ideal candidate will administer CA IDMS on IBM z/OS, optimize performance, and collaborate across development, infrastructure, and support teams to ensure reliability and security of

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience administering CA IDMS in IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
• 10+ years of experience with IDMS SQL and relational database implementation.
• 15+ years of experience with IDMS Security, including ADS/O, IDD, and relational database security.
• 15+ years of experience developing applications using COBOL and ADS/O with IDMS.
• 12+ years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM) on z/OS.
• 10+ years of experience with IDMS Perfmon monitoring and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise database administration, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support IDMS databases in IBM z/OS environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize IDMS database performance.
• Maintain development, testing, staging, and production database environments.
• Enable and tune IDMS features to maximize system performance.
• Analyze database performance metrics and implement optimization strategies.
• Support database deployment, upgrades, and operational procedures.
• Design and implement database security and access controls.
• Provide technical guidance on database design, modeling, and enhancements.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and support teams.
• Coordinate with vendors and external stakeholders when required.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Skills

CA IDMS

SQL

COBOL

z/OS

Performance tuning

Security

On-call support

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Business

Master's degree preferred

Equivalent combination of education and professional experience

Tools

ADS/O

IDD

HLASM

Job description

IDMS Database Administrator

Location: Remote
Interview Process: 1 round, virtual (possibility of a 2nd round as needed)
Duration: 12 Months
Employment Type: Contract
Experience Required: 16+ Years
Candidate location: No SC residency required. Candidate must reside in lower 48states (Continental US) and comfortable working EST time zone hours.

Project Scope: We are seeking an experienced IDMS DatabaseAdministrator (IDMS DBA) to provide enterprise-level databaseadministration and operational support for mission-critical mainframeapplications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with CAIDMS on IBM z/OS , strong performance tuning expertise, and deep knowledgeof database security, SQL, COBOL, and mainframe technologies. This role requires collaboration withdevelopment teams, infrastructure support teams, and database administrators toensure database performance, availability, and reliability in a high-visibilityenterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer andsupport IDMS databases in IBM z/OS environments.
• Monitor,troubleshoot, and optimize IDMS database performance.
• Maintaindevelopment, testing, staging, and production database environments.
• Enable and tuneIDMS features to maximize system performance.
• Analyze databaseperformance metrics and implement optimization strategies.
• Support databasedeployment, upgrades, and operational procedures.
• Design andimplement database security and access controls.
• Provide technicalguidance on database design, modeling, and enhancements.
• Collaborate withdevelopment, infrastructure, and support teams.
• Coordinate withvendors and external stakeholders when required.
• Participate in a24x7 on-call support rotation.
• Prepare andmaintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 15+ years ofexperience administering CA IDMS in IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
• 10+ years ofexperience with IDMS SQL and relational database implementation.
• 15+ years ofexperience with IDMS Security , including ADS/O, IDD, and relationaldatabase security.
• 15+ years ofexperience developing applications using COBOL and ADS/O withIDMS.
• 12+ years ofexperience with IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM) on z/OS.
• 10+ years ofexperience with IDMS Perfmon monitoring and reporting.
• Strong knowledgeof enterprise database administration, performance tuning, backup, recovery,and troubleshooting.
• Excellentcommunication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills:

• RACF Security
• ApplicationChange Management
• Healthcare ITexperience
• Experiencehandling PHI/PII data
• MedicaidManagement Information Systems (MMIS)
• Medicaidoperations experience
• PublicSector/Government experience

Education

BachBachelor'sdegree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a relatedfield. OR Equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. A Master's degree is preferred.

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