Database Administrator Db2/idms

6 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa The Joblink Full time

Contact person for this position:
Amori Prinsloo

Our client is looking to employ a Database Administrator (DB2/IDMS) for a 1 year contract that might be extended for 2 years.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Create and maintain business database objects within an IDMS and DB2 subsystem.
- Perform database tuning to ensure the DBMS functions at optimal levels.
- Schedule database maintenance tasks.
- Troubleshoot database and DBMS errors and provide solutions to support business when required.
- Provide input and implement operational and business strategies, industry best practices and ensure necessary ITO governance is in place.
- Perform a database consultation role and provide design solutions to Business Development and Service Management to support initiatives when required for current and future projects.
- Be an integral part of the disaster recovery (DR) team which designs, performs and documents disaster recovery procedures.
- Service all incidents, changes and requests and ensure that SLAs are met.
- Enforce security standards to prevent data being compromised and to maintain database integrity.
- Provide managerial reports of database utility, capacity and utilisation in order for them to make informed decisions.
- Maintain relationships with suppliers for incident handling.

**Educational Requirements**:

- IT degree or equivalent Industry accreditation preferred
- 10-12 years within the IT industry with at least 5 of those years being an operational DBA within a large complex corporate environment
- Understanding of mainframe operating system concepts and experience in another mainframe discipline.
- Experience in participating in a DR exercise.
- Minimum of 6-8 years working experience on IDMS/DB2 databases.

**Remote work permissible provided that the required network and security is as per customer standards requirements.**

**Skills**:

- Programming background.
- Trouble shooting - Essential
- Database analysis and design - Essential
- Analytical thinking and problem solving - Essential
- DB2 SQL writing - Essential
- Database Performance tuning - Essential
- Database security knowledge - Essential
- Backup and recovery strategy knowledge - Essential
- Usage of Database Utilities - Essential
- Database Internals
- Disaster recovery knowledge - Essential
- Mainframe Operation systems knowledge - Essential
- JCL and Mainframe schedulers - Essential
- IBM Utilities and editor - Essential
- Usage of supplied database toolsets DB2 Tools (Db2 Admin and Spufi) and IDMS supplied and DMLO navigation.

**Culture**:

- Must have a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations.
- Planning and Organising.
- Adhering to Principles and Values.
- Adapting and Responding to Change.
- Following Instructions and Procedures.

**Additional information**:

- The position requires standby duties and after hours support.
- Able to provide customer support during weekend slots.
- Able to travel when required.

Industry: IT and Banking

Contract: R 650 - R 700 per hour.

Johannesburg

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