Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – DB2 Physical
| Company | Ensono |
|---|---|
| Location | Raleigh, NC, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years of professional experience in DB2 for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for DB2 a plus
- Knowledge in best practices of software management, maintenance and documentation
- SMP/e experience
- Experience with configuring and managing DB2 in a parallel sysplex environment
- Ability to develop innovation, strategies, processes and best practices in software management
- Experience with establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management, DR, security, maintenance, and utilization
- Experience with reviewing new versions of DB2 for functionality, advising how they benefit the client
- Ability to evaluate change requests and determine impact to assigned clients and troubleshooting and solving production database issues
- Experience with supporting DB2 security requests
- Ability to review DB2 security to find potential risks
- Experience with reorganization of application data
- Experience with reviewing, tuning of internal DB2 buffer pools and SQL code
- Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and effectively to support requests from multiple clients
- Supporting multiple customer for after hours on-call
Responsibilities
- Focus on the development and support and/or the customization of new services and support efforts.
- Demonstrate System programming experience of multiple DBMS’s.
- Participate in on-call responsibilities.
- Fulfill customer service orders (CSOs) for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to DB2
- Provide primary support for reported problems related to DB2 tables spaces
- Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis across multiple time zones.
- Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain to DB2 and related OEM software products.
- Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.
- In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer’s disaster recovery plans.
- Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.
- Follow ITSM change control procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
- CA and IBM tools for DB2 a plus