Database Administrator

4 weeks ago


Centurion, South Africa AICA Consultancy Full time

**Responsibilities**:

- Administering, optimizing, monitoring, and fine-tuning databases on DB2 for z/OS mainframe.
- Performing various database functions across multiple teams or clients, including designing, implementing, and maintaining new databases, backup/recovery, and configuration management.
- Installing database management systems (DBMS) and providing input for the modification of procedures and documentation used for problem resolution and day-to-day maintenance.
- Engaging with multiple teams and contributing to key decisions.
- Providing solutions to problems for the immediate team and across multiple teams.
- Developing and implementing innovative strategies for optimizing database performance and tuning.
- Conducting regular database performance monitoring and analysis to identify areas for improvement.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement database solutions that meet business requirements.
- Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in database administration.
- Providing technical guidance and support to team members on database-related issues.
- Authorizing TSO user-ids and granting relevant privileges to specific tables within certain production departments' databases.
- Monitoring production reports to ensure that all scheduled reports do not exceed the agreed execution time and to improve the throughput of reports on the system.
- Providing support to end-users of the MVS environment.
- Assisting with Release Management functionality.
- Database Quality Assurance and reviews of all SQL Code for programs destined for release to production.
- Periodically performing 1 standby duty - Responding to any DB2/CICS/VSAM problems experienced by production departments, as well as the maintenance team members.
- Extents set up and analysis of DB2 tables and VSAM files in Production and the continuous monitoring and rectification thereof

**Required**:

- Minimum 4 years' experience as DB2 DBA in an IBM /OS environment.
- Working knowledge of Mainframe (MVS), DB2 for z/OS, WINDOWS Operating systems, SQL, CICS, and JCL.
- Batch operations and MVS architecture.

**Preferred Skills**:

- DB2 v11 or higher in a z/OS environment.
- Understanding of database management tools e.g., Performance monitor, schedulers, e.g., CONTROL-M/R/O/T.
- DB2 Query Monitor for zOS.
- DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer.
- OPTIM query Workload Tuner.
- DB2 Administrator Tool for zOS.
- DB2 for zOS.
- DB2 Log Analysis Tool for zOS.
- QMF for Workstation.
- QMF for zOS.
- CICS DBUG Tool.
- TMON.
- IDZ.
- SQL and/or Rexx coding to automate routing tasks.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 2025/03/10



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