Senior Mainframe IDMS Database Administrator

				Overview:

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues. Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Let's change the game together.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Mainframe IDMS Database Administrator to join our team and provide critical database support for our client in Johannesburg (Remote).

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the installation, design, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of IDMS databases and associated software products. The role also includes safeguarding the integrity, reliability, efficiency, and security of enterprise data while supporting operational systems and the development environment.

Responsibilities:

* To manage, monitor and support mainframe IDMS and DB2 database objects and ensure their availability, performance, security and consistency in order to support mission critical business applications.
* Create and maintain business database objects within an IDMS and DB2 subsystem.
* Perform database tuning to ensure the DBMS functions at optimal levels. 
* Schedule database maintenance tasks.
* Troubleshoot database and DBMS errors and provide solutions to support business when required.
* Provide input and implement operational and business strategies, industry best practices and ensure necessary ITO governance is in place.
* Perform database monitoring and notification to ensure optimal data access, to support business database applications in line with contractual agreements.
* Perform a database consultation role and provide design solutions to Business Development and Service Management to support initiatives when required for current and future projects.
* Be an integral part of the disaster recovery (DR) team which designs, performs and documents disaster recovery procedures.
* Service all incidents, changes and requests and ensure that SLAs are met. 
* Enforce security standards to prevent data being compromised and to maintain database integrity.
* Provide managerial reports of database utility, capacity and utilisation in order for them to make informed decisions.
* Maintain relationships with suppliers for incident handling.

Qualifications:

* IT degree or equivalent Industry accreditation preferred
			

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