ZOS Network systems programmer No C2C or Sponsorship

The Norland Group; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Norland Group is seeking a Mainframe Systems Programmer/DBA to manage databases across IMS, DB2, and ADABAS. The role covers planning, health checks, production maintenance, and performance tuning for legacy systems.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in IT or engineering and at least five years of Z/OS-related experience, with hands-on expertise in DBMS environments and mainframe tools. On-site involvement is required across El Segundo/Anaheim migrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT-related or engineering field.
• 5+ years of mainframe experience within the last 8 years.
• Experience with DBMS: DB2, IMS, ADABAS; performance tuning and database design.

Responsibilities

• Plan and upgrade database environments for mainframes.
• Verify health of databases; perform backups and recovery planning.
• Provide DBMS consulting to development and operations teams.
• Perform production maintenance and capacity planning.
• Conduct performance reviews and database space management.

Skills

Z/OS Networking

HCD

Z/OSMF

Mainframe skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Engineering

Tools

IMS

DB2

ADABAS

CICS

JCL

Assembler/COBOL/REXX

SMP/E

DBA Tools (N20/TRIM, CA Spool, EntireX)

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Duration: 1 year contract

OT Pay Rate: Straight Time Pay Rate (Exempt)

Estimated Regular Hours/Week: 40.00

Onsite position;

Skill 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.

Experience Required:

5 Years of Experience within the last 8 years with Z/OS Networking skills, HCD, IODF, Z/OSMF, SMP/E, LU 6.2 and Mainframe hardware experience. 5 Years of experience in DS8884, TS7760C Hardware management.

Education Required:

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

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, caballing 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.

Company Description

About us:

The Norland Group has been in operation successfully since 1996. We are a strong believer of people management, professionalism and accountability. We only make promises when we are certain we can fulfill them. Our business focuses on fulfilling the needs of commercial and government customers in administrative services, workforce mobilization, information technology, engineering, project management services.
Our Mission Statement

Our main goal is to provide career advancement opportunities to our associates. We are committed to bringing our customers exceptional support services with the highest quality, integrity, and innovation. We believe that we are the stepping stone for our associates to advance their careers and to live a better life. Everyone should have a chance to live a successful and happy life. We operate our business based on those values and we choose employees who value the same principles.

Company Description

About us:
The Norland Group has been in operation successfully since 1996. We are a strong believer of people management, professionalism and accountability. We only make promises when we are certain we can fulfill them. Our business focuses on fulfilling the needs of commercial and government customers in administrative services, workforce mobilization, information technology, engineering, project management services.
Our Mission Statement
Our main goal is to provide career advancement opportunities to our associates. We are committed to bringing our customers exceptional support services with the highest quality, integrity, and innovation. We believe that we are the stepping stone for our associates to advance their careers and to live a better life. Everyone should have a chance to live a successful and happy life. We operate our business based on those values and we choose employees who value the same principles.