IDMS DBA
Job Title: IDMS DBA
Location: Omaha NE, Alpharetta GA, Berkeley Heights NJ (Onsite)
Duration: long term Contract
Responsibilities:
· Administering and maintaining CA IDMS environments, including installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching
· Monitoring IDMS regions to ensure high availability and performance
· Managing IDMS-DC (Data Communications) environments and resolving communication issues
· Supporting application teams working with ADS and COBOL, including development and deployment activity
· Designing and maintaining schemas and subschemas, ensuring data integrity and efficient database structures
· Monitoring database performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing tuning improvements (buffers, indexing, storage)
· Managing backup, recovery, and journaling processes, ensuring minimal downtime and data loss
· Troubleshooting incidents, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing long-term fixes
· Enforcing security controls and ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements
· Maintaining clear documentation and supporting knowledge sharing across teams
We are looking for candidates with:
· 5+ years’ experience working as an IDMS DBA in large enterprise or mainframe environments
· Strong expertise in: CA IDMS, IDMS-DC, ADS (Application Development System) COBOL
· Proven experience with schema and subschema design and maintenance
· Strong background in performance monitoring and tuning
· Experience with backup, recovery, journaling, and disaster recovery planning
· Hands-on experience with database restructure activities (unload/reload/reorg)
Work Location: In person