DB Specialist - Plano, Tx or Atlanta, GA

Amdocs•Plano, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Amdocs helps the world’s leading communications and media companies deliver exceptional customer experiences through reliable, efficient, and secure operations at scale. We provide software products and services that embed intelligence into how work runs across business, IT, and network domains –delivering measurable outcomes in customer experience, network performance, cloud modernization, and revenue growth. With our talented people, and more than forty years of experience running mission-critical systems around the globe, Amdocs runs billions of transactions daily. Our technology is relied on every day, connecting people worldwide and advancing a more inclusive, connected world. Together, we help those who shape the future to make it amazing. Amdocs is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: DOX) and reported revenue of $4.53 billion in fiscal 2025. For more information, visit www.amdocs.com At Amdocs, our mission is to empower our employees to 'Live Amazing, Do Amazing' every day. We believe in creating a workplace where you not only excel professionally but also thrive personally. Through our culture of making a real impact, fostering growth, embracing flexibility, and building connections, we enable them to live meaningful lives while making a difference in the world.

Requirements

Production Support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical skills.
Bachelor / B.Sc. in computer science or equivalent
7-8 years’ experience as a DBA in a SW company
IMB DB Support
Good communication skills
Provide 24X7 on call support on rotational basis.

Nice To Haves

REXX development experience
Teradata experience

Responsibilities

IMS DB support experience with version 13 onwards.
Experience in creating and modifying DBD, PSB, ACB, FMT.
Experience with administration of IMS Full Function, HALDB, Fastpath databases.
Good knowledge on DBRC, Restore, Reorg, Load IMS DB.
Experience in database initialization, forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker, checkpoint restart, Fast path, DEDB etc.
Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.
Usage of IMS utilities (including IBM, BMC)
Working Knowledge of RACF as it relates to IMS.
Working Knowledge of IMS exit points and routines
z/OS – TSO, ISPF, JCL
Tools – FileManager, ADBUS
Basic knowledge on VSAM,CICS, IMS DC
DB Objects – Experience in creating and modifying DB2 objects - Database, Storage Group, Tablespace, Tables, Views, Indexes, etc.
Experience with DB2 commands: - Stop/Start Databases, Display command, Cancel thread and Term & Display utility, others.
Hands on experience on DB2 utilities: Reorg and Runstat, Backup and Recovery of Table spaces (copy & recover), Repair, Load/Unload utilities.
Ability to bind/rebind the Plans/Packages and Granting required accesses to Packages/Plans/Collections.
Experience in Database Monitoring.
Experience in Database replication – IBM DB2 Data Propagator
DB2 administration - Strong Troubleshooting skills
DB2 privileges and RACF
z/OS – TSO, ISPF, JCL.
Tools – DB2 Admin tool, QMF, FileManager, Changeman, ESP.