Database Administrator (IDMS DBA) Project Lead

Job Description

Lead database administration activities for a large-scale, high-visibility enterprise project supporting mission-critical applications.

Provide hands-on IDMS database administration, monitoring, and application support following established industry best practices.

Collaborate with application development teams, system support teams, and database administrators to manage database environments across development, testing, staging, and production.

Required Skills

• 15+ years of experience administering and deploying IDMS databases in IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
• 10+ years of experience with IDMS SQL Option, including relational database implementation and SQL-based database support.
• 15+ years of experience implementing and managing IDMS security, including ADS/O application structures, IDD, and relational database objects.
• 15+ years of experience developing applications using COBOL and ADS/O with native and SQL-based IDMS databases.
• 12+ years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on z/OS.
• 10+ years of experience using IDMS Perfmon for monitoring and performance reporting.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application development and implementation projects.
• Experience with project planning, effort estimation, and technical resource allocation.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, leadership, and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

• RACF security administration knowledge.
• Experience with application change management processes.
• Healthcare industry experience and/or experience handling PHI/PII data.
• Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) experience.
• Medicaid operations experience.
• Public sector experience is preferred.