Our client, a leading financial services company is hiring for a Mainframe Adabas Database Administrator on a long term contract basis.
Work Location:
Alpharetta, GA (Remote Option)
Summary:
Job Responsibilities include:
– Monitor automation messages for database exception conditions.
– Analyze application and database performance problems. Initiates a shift turnover for issues or problems including any outstanding tickets, mails, abends, calls or messages that are still being worked on are communicated or handed over.
– Responsible for the creation, scheduling, and support of database backup and maintenance processes.
– Implement database turnover requests for all APG groups and application for all environments.
– Perform verification for database maintenance upgrades.
– Execute Weekend verification involving the running of the IVP and following up on outstanding reorgs, utilities, or replication tasks.
– Provide support and assistance for the database engineering groups for Weekend work.
– Support efforts for the database Performance Lab.
– Preparing for, coordinating, writing up and communicating the summary of the weekend work.
– Provide level one and level two support on database systems and address spaces.
– Implement changes to database subsystem variables.
– Monitor and read and respond to incoming mail and newsgroups relating to problems and questions.
– Providing level one and level two support of the utility suite of applications. Following the DTS procedures and policies for escalation and notification
– Escalation to next Tier and/or management
– Register events from clients into tracking tools
– Performance weekend verification after infrastructure upgrades and system IPLs
– Build tools to automate reporting, monitoring and improving platform stability
– Test Upgrade and new product releases
– Environment z/OS IBM mainframe
– Adabas 8.5Natural 9.1Adabas Cluster Services
– Adabas Parallel Services
– Adabas Replication Services
– Adabas Delta Save
– Adabas Cache
– Adabas Vista/Coordinator/FastPath
Required Education Experience:
– University Degree (B.S.) and at least 5 years technical experience
Pay Range: $58- $73/hour