IDMS Mainframe DBA

# IDMS Mainframe DBACVS Health Full-time Hartford, United StatesUSD 79, views

Posted May 9, 2026##

Job Description Description We ’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary This position will support IDMS database platform as both IDMS application DBA and IDMS system DBA on z/OS.What you'll do Implement structural changes through environments, access method analysis, application consulting

Build automation to improve legacy processes

Process Database Support Requests and Change requests in production and non-production environments

Build and implement database backup and recovery strategies

Prepare disaster recovery (DR) documentation and participate in DR activities

Handle data refresh activities from one environment to other lower environments as part of periodic data refresh requests

Support day to day monitoring and maintenance activities for IDMS on z/OSHandle IDMS CARS upgrades

Respond to Audit requests and provide necessary documentation
24/7 on-call support rotation.## Requirements & Skills2+ years of knowledge of IDMS Database logical and physical structures such as areas, files, segments, DMCLs, DB Name tables, and the relationships between them2+ years knowledge of Schema, Subschema, and physical database DDL compilers both in batch and online2+ years knowledge of physical database file and in-memory data structures related to IDMS databases2+ years knowledge of the Integrated Data Dictionary (IDD), it's use to manage logical and physical IDMS database objects and the DDDL online and batch compilers

Solid understanding of IDMS program development, the compilation process and use of the IDMS runtime environment under both local mode and central version

Solid understanding of database access techniques and navigation with an emphasis on locking, concurrency and impacts to large multi-system/multi-threading/multi-tasking environments in a 24x7x365 setting2+ years knowledge of IDMS tools, utilities and reporting facilities such as but not limited to: page expand, reorg, maintain index, restructure, IDMSDBAN, IDMSLOOK, IDMSRPTS, PRINT SPACE, PRINT PAGE, etc.

Solid knowledge of problem identification and mitigation techniques across a variety of scenarios and situations involving IDMS
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