Consulting System Database Administrator: IDMS - Mainframe COBOL Professional No

Position: Consulting System Database Administrator: IDMS - Mainframe COBOL Professional No City, US

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

IDMS Database Administrator well versed in IDMS database operations, as well as IDMS Central Version system operations. Mainframe COBOL to assist with Modernization conversion projects, including problem determination and resolution based on IDMS DB/DC behaviors.

• Consult with clients, discuss IDMS concepts and relate them to existing Db2/SQL solutions.
• Assist with Problem determination in application modernization issues in both the converted application COBOL code, and the internal COBOL framework emulating IDMS behaviors.
• Resolve issues and / or make recommendations on corrections needed.
• Document issues / resolution as required.
• Make modifications to internal COBOL framework, and existing processes and procedures as assigned.

Skills

• Using IDMS Utilities & Tools
• Administrating the IDMS Database
• Managing the IDMS Database & System
• Securing & Applying Maintenance to the Database
• Logical & Physical Database Design for IDMS
• Defining an IDMS Database
• Implementing & maintaining an IDMS Database
• Database, DC-UCF Internals
• IDMS / DC-COBOL
• IDMS Performance & Tuning
• Database definitions:
• Schema, Subschema, DMCL, DBName table, Page groups
• Set definition of MA, OA, OM, MM
• IDMS system and user exits, how to invoke
• Local mode vs CV (Central Version) and why you might use one over the other

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Excellent understanding of IDMS application and Database usage including ADSO (15 Years experience)
• Excellent COBOL, COBOL/CICS programming and debugging skills. (10 years of experience)
• Excellent documentation and communication skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Db2/SQL application and performance tuning knowledge
• Data Migration experience
• Assembler/Macro language knowledge
• IMS-DB/DC
• VSAM

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Job Title

System Database Administrator: IDMS - Mainframe COBOL

Date posted

19-Dec-2025

Job

69997

City / Township / Village

No City

State / Province

Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Idaho, Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts, Delaware, Louisiana, California, New Jersey, West Virginia, District of Columbia

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Consulting

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

Projected Maximum Salary per year

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

#J-18808-Ljbffr