Senior IMS Specialist - 20101

Veritaz is a leading IT staffing solutions provider in Sweden, committed to advancing individual careers and aiding employers in ensuring the perfect talent fit. With a proven track record of successful partnerships with top companies, we have rapidly grown our presence in the USA, Europe, and Sweden as a dependable and trusted resource within the IT industry.

Job Overview

Assignment Description

We are looking for an experienced IMS Specialist to support and maintain a business-critical mainframe environment within the financial sector.

You will be part of a specialist team responsible for the administration, configuration, optimisation, and ongoing support of IMS and its associated databases. The role focuses on transaction performance, incident troubleshooting, and maintaining high levels of stability, security, resilience, and availability in a complex IBM z/OS environment.

What You Will Work On

• Administer, configure, and optimise IMS databases.
• Install, maintain, and support IMS system software.
• Analyse transaction performance and troubleshoot incidents.
• Support the stability, resilience, and availability of business-critical mainframe systems.
• Work with TSO/ISPF in the z/OS environment.
• Collaborate with specialists working with IBM MQ, DB2, and WebSphere/Liberty.
• Investigate technical issues across databases, transactions, and related systems.
• Contribute to operational reliability and continuous improvement.

What You Bring

• Extensive hands-on experience administering, configuring, and optimising IMS databases.
• Several years of experience working in IBM z/OS environments.
• Experience with transaction processing and performance analysis.
• Strong knowledge of TSO/ISPF.
• Experience supporting large, complex, business-critical environments with strict availability and resilience requirements.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• An analytical, structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other technical specialists.

Meritorious

• Experience with IMS backup and recovery.
• Understanding of how IMS transactions and databases interact with application code, such as COBOL.
• Experience in banking or other highly regulated, security-critical environments.
• Knowledge of related mainframe technologies, including IBM MQ, DB2, and WebSphere/Liberty.