Job Description

Contact person for this position: Amori Prinsloo amori@joblinkplacement.co.za Website: www.joblinkplacement.co.za 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:

• To manage, monitor and support mainframe IDMS and DB2 database objects and ensure their availability, performance, security, and consistency in order to support mission critical business applications.
• 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 database monitoring and notification to ensure optimal data access, to support business database applications in line with contractual agreements.
• 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 xe2x80x93 Essential
• Database analysis and design xe2x80x93 Essential
• Analytical thinking and problem solving xe2x80x93 Essential
• DB2 SQL writing xe2x80x93 Essential
• Database Performance tuning xe2x80x93 Essential
• Database security knowledge xe2x80x93 Essential
• Backup and recovery strategy knowledge xe2x80x93 Essential
• Usage of Database Utilities xe2x80x93 Essential
• Database Internals
• Disaster recovery knowledge xe2x80x93 Essential
• Mainframe Operation systems knowledge xe2x80x93 Essential
• JCL and Mainframe schedulers xe2x80x93 Essential
• IBM Utilities and editor xe2x80x93 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 xe2x80x93 R 700 per hour. Johannesburg