Senior DB2 Systems Programmer

2 weeks ago

Montreal, Canada CG Consulting Group Full time
Senior DB2 Systems Programmer

This is with a global IT services firm for a leading Healthcare Insurance firm.
Candidate must have legal USA work status – Citizenship, Green Card, TN or H1
Remote work, WFH, anywhere in USA.
Work zone is Central Time zone.
6 months contract, possible extension.
Market rate

Description:
We are seeking someone with anan SME-level knowledge of the installation/administration/support process starting with SMP/E through the removal of software components - specifically IBM DB2.
This is NOT a DBA role.
For this project we are seeking for someone that has 10+ years experience in the following capabilities:
o Configuring and using the SMP/E tool
o Working with Db2 Logging and System Recovery/Disaster Recovery including GDPS
o Incorporating the DB2 Subsystem into the LPAR IPLs
o Working with Db2 Storage Groups
o Defining and implementing Performance features to Buffer Pools and other Db2 System level components
o Defining and maintaining Data Sharing environments including the DB2 Sysplex
o Downloading System Software from the vendor, installing Db2 and Db2 Administration Tools throughout the Tech, Test/Dev, and Prod environments including following all Change procedures, ensuring Application Developer testing, and the overall post implementation validation steps

Responsibilities:
- Install/Maintain/Configure the Db2 software and related Db2 ISV software
- Experience automating process using zOSMF
- Experience recovering the Db2 environment in a Disaster Recovery environment
- Demonstrates knowledge in all areas of z System Db2 Software administration
- Designs and documents technical solutions required to support complex business system and/or integrations
o Generate documentation for use by Computer Operations as well as the Technical Help Desk

- z Systems Infrastructure/Platform lifecycle management (the lifecycle of Db2 Software from planning, through operation, and disposal or end-of-life)
o Install and support latest releases of Db2 software
o Experience applying all types of vendor Db2 software fixes:
‣ High-impact pervasive (HIPER) PTF
‣ Pre-requisite fix
‣ Co-requisite fix
‣ Technical Refresh requisite fix
‣ Distribution requisite fix
‣ Cumulative PTF packages
‣ Service packs
‣ Authorized Program Analysis Report (APAR)
‣ Program Temporary Fix (PTF)

Mandatory Skills Description:
- Experience installing and supporting latest releases of Db2 software - experience with MULTIPLE LPARS AND A DB2 SYSPLEX
- Demonstrated knowledge and fully proficient in the use of TSO and ISPF
- Demonstrated knowledge of z/OS, primary operations console operations and commands
- Demonstrated understanding of JCL and ability to create and modify JCL job streams
- Demonstrated understanding of z/OS dataset configurations and the ability to properly allocate various dataset configurations
- Experience working with all types of z/OS file types and file systems Including PDS/PDSE and VSAM
- Has responsibility and capability to work multi-platforms including z/OS, LINUX, and Windows
- Practical understanding of SMPE and how to use it
- Experience with zFS including allocation and related Unix commands to manage the space
- Experience working with ITSM processes including Incidents, Change and related processes
- Familiarity with Configuration Manager a plus
- Ability to work independently
- Interprets policies and applies experience
- Ability to work as a team player in both a partner role and mentor as appropriate
- Experience working with Vendors to create/manage support tickets including describing the issues, gathering, packaging and uploading documentation and follow up as needed

- Fully proficient on use of enterprise z System monitoring tools
o Omegamon
o Mainview
o TMON
o MXG
o Splunk

- 10+ years of mainframe systems experience, with specific concentration in the Db2 Software Administration/PLM area, working in a large z Systems environment:
o Multiple Parallel SysPlex configuration
o DB2Plex
o CICSPlex
o Multiple physical z Systems machines
o Multiple Production LPAR environment
o General Processors / zIIP Processors
- Proven ability to cover the 24x7 on-call rotation
o Available for the on-call frequencies based on team size
o Ability to work in an atmosphere with heightened pressure and visible to all levels of Leadership
o Ability to work effectively in an Incident 'War Room" scenario partnering with other teams on the initial root cause determination
o Ability to follow all processes and procedures in this environment

- Proven ability to
o Break complex topics into meaningful pieces of information
o Sort through large amounts of data to assess for relevancy
o Seek out multiple sources to gather information
o Identify cause and effect relationships between known and unknown variables
o Evaluate quality processes and seeks opportunities to streamline
o Consider the customer experience, business impact and solution objective when managing risks and development and design of solutions
o Pro-actively identify patterns in issues and research root-cause to improve overall quality
o Holding self-accountable for meeting high performance standards and agreed upon commitments
o Taking responsibility for outcomes of actions and decisions
o Identify and analyzes options and selects course of action based on best fit with desired outcomes
o Monitor and analyze multiple systems and researching/proposing solutions to issues

Nice to have
SME-level knowledge of the installation/administration/support process starting with SMP/E through the removal of software components #J-18808-Ljbffr

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