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The combination of rapid growth and a unique place international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU - people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.\nAt Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world’s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.\nPosition Summary:\nCognizant is looking for a Lead Mainframe Database Administrator (IMS/DB2) with 10+ years' experience in both IMS DBA and IMS system programming in IMS v14, 15 on z/OS. Candidate should possess strong knowledge on IMS v15 Database Administration. Requires 7x24 support experience in a large production environment. Excellent Verbal and written communication skills. Good interpersonal Skills. The candidate should have worked in a SLA driven environment. 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