Senior Database Administrator

Job Overview

About the Role

• The Senior Database Administrator will collaborate with other ADABAS administrators at MDHS to support MACWIS and other applications.
• The role involves analyzing user requirements, designing, testing, implementing, and performing quality assurance of information systems.
• The position is with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other ADABAS administrators to support MACWIS and other applications.
• Analyze user requirements and design information systems.
• Test, implement, and perform quality assurance of information systems.
• Advise system architecture and develop documentation for procedures, policies, and processes.
• Implement state and federal mandates in Linux systems.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience with Software AG products, ADABAS, Natural, Natural One, Predict, Construct, ADABAS Replication, Treehouse tcVision, WebMethods EntireX, CONNX SQL gateway, ApplinX, Natural AJAX.
• 10 years of experience analyzing user requirements and designing information systems utilizing Natural One, ADABAS, MVS/JCL, COBOL/CICS, VSAM files, Linux/zLinux, Espsoft/SCL, Informix, and UNIX.
• Three years of experience advising system architecture and developing, maintaining, and updating documentation for procedures, policies, and processes.
• Two years of knowledge and experience of SNAP, TANF, eligibility, economic assistance, and child welfare policies and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Jira and KACE ITSM systems.
• Experience with SCRUM/iteration methodologies.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications.
• Experience with child welfare workflows and systems and related federal requirements.
• ADABAS, Relational Database Systems, Agile, SDLC, CICS, JCL, CA-7, VSAM.

Required Skills & Technologies

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