Db2 / Idms Database Administrator (1-Year Contract)

One of the TOP banks in S.A. is seeking an experienced DB2 / IDMS Data Administrator to join their JHB team on a 1-year contract. Qualifications and experience: IT degree or equivalent Minimum of 4 years' work experience on IDMS / DB2 database No less than 8 years' within IT, of which 5 years' is in operational DBA within a large complex corporate environment Understanding of mainframe operating system concepts and experience in another mainframe discipline Experience in DR exercise Willing to travel when required Position requires standby duties and after hours support Provide customer support during weekends Key skills: Planning Results driven Accountability Customer orientated Adaptable Programming Troubleshooting Database analysis and design Analytical Problem solving DB2 SQL writing Database performance tuning Database security Backup and recovery strategy Usage of database utilities Database internals Disaster recovery Mainframe operations systems JCL and mainframe schedulers IBM utilities and editor Usage of supplied database toolsets (DB2admin and Spufi) IDMS supplied and DMLO navigation Key performance areas: Incident handling Supplier liaison Draft managerial reports: database utility, capacity and utilisation Maintain database integrity Form part of the disaster recovery team Provide design solutions to business development, service management to support the initiatives for projects Conduct database monitoring to ensure optimal data access Support business database applications Troubleshoot database an DBMS errors Create and maintain business database objects within IDMS / DB2 sub-system Perform database tuning