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Please send resumes with candidate contact number and bill rate ASAP. We will get back to you if your profile is a good match. *Mainframe DB2 DBA* Location: Cranston, RI (Need face to face after telephonic) Duration: 11 Months The ideal candidate will function as a Senior Mainframe DB2 Systems DBA, participating in the design and implementation of databases and systems that can support the ongoing company growth. Administer, maintain, and implement policies and procedures for ensuring the availability, security and integrity of the Mainframe DB2 and Datacom databases. Ability to work in both a team environment and on individual projects is essential. *Responsibilities/Duties:* - Providing Production support of large, 7x24 Mainframe DB2 database supporting active online applications, with rotating on-call duties after hours. - Troubleshooting Production problems and working effectively with other team members to identify and address problems. - Customization of zParms. - Database monitoring and performance tuning tasks. - Researching, testing and coordinating Mainframe DB2 and Datacom patches and upgrades. - Tuning of SQL code and assisting developers in writing and tuning SQL queries. - Testing of new features or 3rd party tools. - Interacting with IBM support to resolve issues. *Technical Knowledge:* - Experience with Mainframe DB2 v8 and Datacom 11.2. - Experience installing DB2 and Datacom, familiar with SMPE. - Expert knowledge of z/OS. - Experience with SAN storage systems - Experience with Mainframe DB2 data sharing. - Experience using database monitoring tools. - Strong SQL skills. Ability to code and recompile packages and code functions and procedures preferred. Experience in tuning SQL code. - Expertise in DB2 catalogs, recovery, fail-over methods and best practices. - Clear understanding of RDBMS fundamentals and utilities (load/unload, reorg, image copy, etc.). - Ability to write clear documentation of operating procedures, and ability to write specifications for applications to be developed. - Exceptional communication, problem solving, and teamwork skills. - Extremely detail-oriented and able to follow clear methodologies for troubleshooting and development. ยท Ability to support and work within standard software development life cycle practices. Thanks and Regards Pramod Kumar Recruitment and Resource Management Virtusoft Inc | 617-264-0974 Tel | 877-570-0923 Fax pra...@virtusoft.us | www.virtusoft.us ******************************************* Catch me live on Yahoo IM: *pramodk_c_79* Catch me live on Gtalk: *pramod.virtusoft* ******************************************* DISCLAIMER: This is not an unsolicited mail. Under Bill 1618 Title III passed by the 105th US Congress this mail cannot be considered Spam as long as we include contact information and a method to be removed from our mailing list. If you have received this message in error or are not interested in receiving our e-mails, please reply with a "REMOVE" in the subject line and we will remove your e-mail address from our future mailings -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To post to this group, send email to us_itgro...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to us_itgroups+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups?hl=en.