{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"60d58c8a0b256dea81d10772","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/60d58c8a0b256dea81d10772","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/60d58c8a0b256dea81d10772","title":"IDMS DBA (Remote)","description":"Position: IDMS DBA (Remote)\nLocation: Remote\nDuration: 12 months+\nThis position will provide general database management for a large high-profile project whose team brings significant experience along with an “entrepreneurial” or “startup” attitude and approach. Secondary knowledge of MS SQL Server is desirable. The team isa combination of Clemson information technology professionals, consultants and Department of Health and Human Services staff, and we are seeking individuals whoare highly productive, very flexible, and can work effectively in team environment where ambiguity is common. Team members are expected to contribute with minimal supervision and be self-motivated. The project demands individuals who are strong collaborators, who want to make a positive contribution to the State of South Carolina\nand can understand top-level goals and objectives and drive toward them.\nThe project will use modern technologies and modern strategies and require cooperative effort among distributed team members.\nCandidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects with motivated team members will find this position attractive.\nWHAT TYPES OF STAFFING CHALLENGES OR HEADACHES HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST?\nResumes that include extensive details for candidates with limited actual experience. Especially, with candidates who may have worked on “many” projects but were not required to develop a plan/strategy given the objectives.\nRecruiters submitting multiple, clearly unqualified candidates\nCandidates who are adept with technical skills; however, their soft skills have been lacking. By that we mean that sometimes they have not communicated well, have not worked effectively with team members, have not easily fit into our work environment, etc.\nCandidates unable to effectively communicate as part of the interview process.\nNotes to recruiters:\nPrevious experience in health care related information technology, insurance information\ntechnology, Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid eligibility,\nor social services eligibility, while not necessary, are a plus.\nThis position requires excellent communications skills including effective oral and\nwritten communication. If a vendor finds it necessary to substantially revise a candidate’s\nresume or add additional or clarifying information at the top of the candidate’s resume,\nthen the resume is not yet ready for submission and the candidate will likely not be a\ngood fit\nSCOPE OF THE PROJECT:\nVarious existing solutions plus new development in support of the State of South\nCarolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).\nDAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:\nThe IDMS DBA is responsible for working closely with application development teams,\nClemson z/OS system support staff and the Clemson Database Administrators to provide\nIDMS DBA support for application and infrastructure databases.\nDuties include:\nHands-on IDMS monitoring and application support in ways that are consistent with IDMS best practices.\nCollaboration with Clemson’s database administration team to maintain test, staging, production databases and the development of operations procedures for database management.\nEnable and tune IDMS features to optimize the performance of databases in the context of the mainframe environment. Generate and analyze performance data, recommend courses of action and implement best solutions to achieve optimum performance.\nCoordinating with outside entities, including vendors for other systems/services, providers, professional associations, and other State agencies.\nAdvising development and product teams on best approaches for required data model extensions and/or changes.\nParticipate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation.\nOther duties as assigned.\nClemson is seeking an IDMS professional with the knowledge and experience along with\ncomparable communication and interpersonal skills to enable success on this high-\nvisibility project.\nEnvironment and Tools:\nVB.Net, C#.Net, Java, Javascript, CSS, HTML, JQuery, Cobol, CICS, SQL, TSO, JCL,\nADSO, Assembler, RPG\nREQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):\nThe IDMS DBA role has four major attributes: Database deployment and\nadministration leadership, project management skills, people skills, and domain knowledge in enterprise class application development projects. Candidates must display excellence in all\nareas.\n15+ years of experience with IDMS deployment and operations in a z/OS environment on a z-series IBM mainframe computer.\n10+ years of experience with IDMS SQL option. Be able to create and support IDMS databases that are deployed using the relational model with SQL syntax. Understand the\nimplementation of SQL access to native IDMS databases.\n15+ years of experience with deployment of IDMS security, including security of ADS/O\napplication structures, IDD and relational database objects\n15+ years of experience with application programming for the IDMS database, both native and SQL, using the COBOL and ADS/O programming languages.\n12+ years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on the z/OS operating system.\n10+ years of experience with IDMS Perfmon online monitoring and report generation.\nAdditional Skills:\nUnderstanding of IT development and implementation projects.\nProject planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation.\nStrong written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to project management.\nImpeccable integrity. This project will have very high visibility and will impact significant expenditures of public funds. Candidates must be confident with their abilities to make\ncorrect decisions and the courage to speak out when necessary.\nWillingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.\nPREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE)\nRACF security knowledge.\nKnowledge of application change management.\nHealthcare industry experience and/or experience managing PHI/PII data\nMedicaid Management Information Medicaid operations experience.\nPublic sector experience is a plus\nREQUIRED EDUCATION:\nBachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or related field or equivalent work\nexperience.\nMasters degree is desirable.\nREQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:\nNone required.\nPay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour\nEducation:\nBachelor's (Required)\nExperience:\nIDMS deployment and operations in a z/OS and z-series IBM: 10 years (Required)\nIDMS SQL : 10 years (Required)\nCOBOL and ADS/O programming languages: 10 years (Required)\nIDMS Perfmon: 10 years (Required)\nRACF security knowledge: 1 year (Preferred)\nKnowledge of application change management.: 1 year (Preferred)\nHealthcare industry or PHI/PII data: 1 year (Preferred)\nMedicaid Management Information System (MMIS) : 1 year (Preferred)\nWork Location: Remote","company":"Nextgen Solutions","rawCompany":"nextgen solutions","isRemote":true,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-15T13:28:19.541Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1242.00","title":"Database Administrators","slug":"database-administrators"},{"code":"15-1243.00","title":"Database Architects","slug":"database-architects"},{"code":"15-1243.01","title":"Data Warehousing Specialists","slug":"data-warehousing-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"IDMS DBA (Remote)","description":"Position: IDMS DBA (Remote)\nLocation: Remote\nDuration: 12 months+\nThis position will provide general database management for a large high-profile project whose team brings significant experience along with an “entrepreneurial” or “startup” attitude and approach. Secondary knowledge of MS SQL Server is desirable. The team isa combination of Clemson information technology professionals, consultants and Department of Health and Human Services staff, and we are seeking individuals whoare highly productive, very flexible, and can work effectively in team environment where ambiguity is common. Team members are expected to contribute with minimal supervision and be self-motivated. The project demands individuals who are strong collaborators, who want to make a positive contribution to the State of South Carolina\nand can understand top-level goals and objectives and drive toward them.\nThe project will use modern technologies and modern strategies and require cooperative effort among distributed team members.\nCandidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects with motivated team members will find this position attractive.\nWHAT TYPES OF STAFFING CHALLENGES OR HEADACHES HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST?\nResumes that include extensive details for candidates with limited actual experience. Especially, with candidates who may have worked on “many” projects but were not required to develop a plan/strategy given the objectives.\nRecruiters submitting multiple, clearly unqualified candidates\nCandidates who are adept with technical skills; however, their soft skills have been lacking. By that we mean that sometimes they have not communicated well, have not worked effectively with team members, have not easily fit into our work environment, etc.\nCandidates unable to effectively communicate as part of the interview process.\nNotes to recruiters:\nPrevious experience in health care related information technology, insurance information\ntechnology, Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid eligibility,\nor social services eligibility, while not necessary, are a plus.\nThis position requires excellent communications skills including effective oral and\nwritten communication. If a vendor finds it necessary to substantially revise a candidate’s\nresume or add additional or clarifying information at the top of the candidate’s resume,\nthen the resume is not yet ready for submission and the candidate will likely not be a\ngood fit\nSCOPE OF THE PROJECT:\nVarious existing solutions plus new development in support of the State of South\nCarolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).\nDAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:\nThe IDMS DBA is responsible for working closely with application development teams,\nClemson z/OS system support staff and the Clemson Database Administrators to provide\nIDMS DBA support for application and infrastructure databases.\nDuties include:\nHands-on IDMS monitoring and application support in ways that are consistent with IDMS best practices.\nCollaboration with Clemson’s database administration team to maintain test, staging, production databases and the development of operations procedures for database management.\nEnable and tune IDMS features to optimize the performance of databases in the context of the mainframe environment. Generate and analyze performance data, recommend courses of action and implement best solutions to achieve optimum performance.\nCoordinating with outside entities, including vendors for other systems/services, providers, professional associations, and other State agencies.\nAdvising development and product teams on best approaches for required data model extensions and/or changes.\nParticipate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation.\nOther duties as assigned.\nClemson is seeking an IDMS professional with the knowledge and experience along with\ncomparable communication and interpersonal skills to enable success on this high-\nvisibility project.\nEnvironment and Tools:\nVB.Net, C#.Net, Java, Javascript, CSS, HTML, JQuery, Cobol, CICS, SQL, TSO, JCL,\nADSO, Assembler, RPG\nREQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):\nThe IDMS DBA role has four major attributes: Database deployment and\nadministration leadership, project management skills, people skills, and domain knowledge in enterprise class application development projects. Candidates must display excellence in all\nareas.\n15+ years of experience with IDMS deployment and operations in a z/OS environment on a z-series IBM mainframe computer.\n10+ years of experience with IDMS SQL option. Be able to create and support IDMS databases that are deployed using the relational model with SQL syntax. Understand the\nimplementation of SQL access to native IDMS databases.\n15+ years of experience with deployment of IDMS security, including security of ADS/O\napplication structures, IDD and relational database objects\n15+ years of experience with application programming for the IDMS database, both native and SQL, using the COBOL and ADS/O programming languages.\n12+ years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on the z/OS operating system.\n10+ years of experience with IDMS Perfmon online monitoring and report generation.\nAdditional Skills:\nUnderstanding of IT development and implementation projects.\nProject planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation.\nStrong written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to project management.\nImpeccable integrity. This project will have very high visibility and will impact significant expenditures of public funds. Candidates must be confident with their abilities to make\ncorrect decisions and the courage to speak out when necessary.\nWillingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.\nPREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE)\nRACF security knowledge.\nKnowledge of application change management.\nHealthcare industry experience and/or experience managing PHI/PII data\nMedicaid Management Information Medicaid operations experience.\nPublic sector experience is a plus\nREQUIRED EDUCATION:\nBachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or related field or equivalent work\nexperience.\nMasters degree is desirable.\nREQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:\nNone required.\nPay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour\nEducation:\nBachelor's (Required)\nExperience:\nIDMS deployment and operations in a z/OS and z-series IBM: 10 years (Required)\nIDMS SQL : 10 years (Required)\nCOBOL and ADS/O programming languages: 10 years (Required)\nIDMS Perfmon: 10 years (Required)\nRACF security knowledge: 1 year (Preferred)\nKnowledge of application change management.: 1 year (Preferred)\nHealthcare industry or PHI/PII data: 1 year (Preferred)\nMedicaid Management Information System (MMIS) : 1 year (Preferred)\nWork Location: Remote","datePosted":"2026-08-15T13:28:19.541Z","dateModified":"2026-08-15T13:28:19.541Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Nextgen Solutions","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocationType":"TELECOMMUTE","applicantLocationRequirements":{"@type":"Country","name":"US"},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"60d58c8a0b256dea81d10772"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/60d58c8a0b256dea81d10772"}}