DB Specialist- IMS,DB2,Mainframe(ZOS)(6-10 yr)

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In one sentence

The DB specialist have the ultimate responsibility of physical and applicative database administration activities supporting end2end life cycle of product from database perspective

What will your job look like

• You will provide database supreme level problem solving services to all stakeholders during project lifecycle (from Development till post production) by clarifying and addressing permanent and efficient solutions to complex and unusual problems
• You will provide DB professional guidance and coaching to project management and development teams implementation groups as well as customer architects - internal and external Amdocs customers including stakeholders without database understanding.
• You will design develop configure and administer large and critical database systems ensuring high performance and improve highly complex code where conventional approaches do not help
• You will lead and define tuning database parameters (physical layout and memory buffers) and promote the standardization per product cross customers world wide
• You will design strategy for DB working processes (e.g. backup & recovery) during project life cycle and translate and guide until implementation; you will lead and build team knowledge capabilities and versatility and personal skills variety
• You will serve as Authority in Amdocs by advanced degree of competence technology guru demonstrating extreme dexterity and knowledge as the result of rich experience and high aptitudes in DB areas defining DB vision and strategy in the organization serve as ultimate level of technical escalations for critical showstopper incidents in Productions customers systems with direct business impact.
• You will be a consistent professional (you are the bridge builder you set the example for others in to follow as it relates to communication managing expectations and building/growing partnerships).

All you need is...

Must be a production support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical Skills with hands on experience in following:

IMS DBA experience:
IMS DB support experience with version 13 onwards.
DB Objects Experience in creating and modifying DBD PSB ACB FMT.
Experience with administration of IMS Full Function HALDB Fastpath databases.
Good knowledge on DBRC Restore Reorg Load IMS DB.
Experience in database initialization forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker checkpoint restart Fast path DEDB etc
Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.
Usage of IMS utilities (including IBM BMC)
Working Knowledge of RACF as it relates to IMS.
Working Knowledge of IMS exit points and routines
z/OS TSO ISPF JCL
Tools FileManager ADBUS
Basic knowledge on VSAMCICS IMS DC

DB2 DBA on Mainframe(Z/OS):
DB Objects Experience in creating and modifying DB2 objects - Database Storage Group Tablespace Tables Views Indexes etc.
Experience with DB2 commands: - Stop/Start Databases Display command Cancel thread and Term & Display utility others.
Hands on experience on DB2 utilities: Reorg and Runstat Backup and Recovery of Table spaces (copy & recover) Repair Load/Unload utilities.
Ability to bind/rebind the Plans/Packages and Granting required accesses to Packages/Plans/Collections.
Experience in Database Monitoring.
Experience in Database replication IBM DB2 Data Propagator
DB2 administration - Strong Troubleshooting skills
DB2 privileges and RACF
z/OS TSO ISPF JCL.
Tools DB2 Admin tool QMF FileManager Changeman ESP.

Nice to have:
REXX development experience
Teradata experience

Candidate should have:
Good communication skill
Provide 24X7 on call support on rotational basis.

Why you will love this job:

• You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization with ever growing opportunities for personal growth and one of the highest scores of employee engagement in Amdocs.
• You will be able to use your specific insights into variety of projects to overcome technical challenge while continuing to deepen your area of knowledge.
• You will have the opportunity to work in multinational environment for the global market leader in its field