Senior Database Administrator
This is a remote position.
The Senior Database Administrator will support the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services on the MACWIS System Support project. The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to collaborate with existing administrators at MDHS in support of the MACWIS application and other systems supported by MDHS. The Senior Database Administrator will be responsible for analyzing user requirements, designing and testing information systems, and ensuring quality assurance across supported platforms. This role requires deep expertise in Software AG products and legacy application environments. The position operates on a fully remote basis with occasional on-call responsibilities on a rotating schedule. Responsibilities- Administer and support ADABAS databases and reputed company Software AG products in collaboration with MDHS database administrators.
- Analyze user requirements and translate them into system designs utilizing Natural One, ADABAS, and associated technologies.
- Test, implement, and reputed company quality assurance on information systems across supported environments.
- reputed company, maintain, and update documentation for system procedures, policies, and processes.
- Advise on system architecture reputed company to support the MACWIS application and other MDHS-supported systems.
- Support operations reputed company MVS/JCL, COBOL/CICS, VSAM, Linux/zLinux, Espsoft/SCL, Informix, and UNIX environments.
- Implement state and federal mandates reputed company Linux systems as they relate to applicable program areas.
- Apply knowledge of SNAP, TANF, eligibility, economic assistance, and child welfare policies and procedures to system support activities.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support as needed.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support the software development lifecycle using established methodologies.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications- 10 years of experience with Software AG products, including ADABAS, Natural, Natural One, Predict, Construct, ADABAS Replication, Treehouse tcVision, WebMethods EntireX, CONNX SQL gateway, ApplinX, and Natural AJAX.
- 10 years of experience analyzing user requirements, designing, testing, implementing, and performing quality assurance of information systems utilizing Natural One, ADABAS, MVS/JCL, COBOL/CICS, VSAM files, Linux/zLinux, Espsoft/SCL, Informix, and UNIX.
- 3 years of experience advising on system architecture and developing, maintaining, and updating documentation for procedures, policies, and processes.
- 2 years of knowledge and experience with SNAP, TANF, eligibility, economic assistance, and child welfare policies and procedures, and implementing state and federal mandates in Linux systems.
- Intermediate proficiency with relational database systems.
- Intermediate proficiency with CICS, JCL, CA-7, and VSAM.
- Intermediate proficiency with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- Experience with Jira and KACE ITSM systems.
- Experience with SCRUM and iterative development methodologies.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications.
- Experience with child welfare workflows, systems, and reputed company federal requirements.
- Intermediate proficiency with Agile development methodologies.
- On-call availability is required on a rotating schedule.