Job Description
Mainframe IMS System Programmer (Openings: 1 Position)
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Open for W2 and C2C arrangements (W2 Folks Preferred first)
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Location: Chandler, AZ; Plano, TX; Charlotte, NC; and Jersey City, NJ from Day 1 (Client prefer local folks)
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Hybrid Schedule: 3 Onsite Days (Tue, Wed, Thur) & 2 Remote Days (Mon, Fri)
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Duration: 6+ months, extendable
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Direct client opportunity
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Project: Urgent Mainframe Infrastructure Requirement
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No mid layer / No Implementation partners are Involved
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Mode of Interview: 2 Rounds mostly virtual
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Job Description:
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- Mainframe IMS System Programmer
- Responsible for supporting and managing IMS DB and IMS TM subsystems on IBM z/OS, ensuring stability, availability, performance, security, and integration in a mission-critical environment.
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Mandatory Requirements Include:
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- 7 plus years of IBM z/OS experience
- Hands-on IMS DB and IMS TM administration
- DBD, PSB, and ACB management
- IMS control regions and transaction processing
- Buffer pool tuning and performance optimization
- IMS utilities, backup/recovery, and DR strategies
- Troubleshooting logs, dumps, abends, and database errors
- IMS integration with DB2, CICS, MQ, TCP/IP, and distributed systems
- RACF security controls
- SMP/E, JCL, TSO/ISPF, and SDSF
- Sysplex and high-availability architecture experience
- Willingness to work onsite three days per week
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Preferred Experience:
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- IMS modernization and API enablement
- z/OS Connect and REST integration
- OMEGAMON, MainView, or RMF
- REXX, Ansible, or z/OSMF workflows
- TCP/IP and Assembler routines
- IMS routines and exit routines
- DB Control experience
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Pay Range: $65/hr - $70/hr
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The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision as well as 401K contributions.