Job Description
Role: Lead Mainframe z/OS DB2 SRE
Location: Cary, NC
Fulltime
Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- IBM Db2 for z/OS subsystem administration and database administration
- Db2 application DBA and systems DBA capabilities, including SQL tuning and physical database design
- SMF/RMF telemetry and application-trace analysis
- Database resilience, BCP testing and recovery from Safeguarded Copies
- Self-service automation for DDL/DML requests and CI/CD pipelines for database changes
- Mainframe modernization, integration, migration, zLinux, OpenShift, Ansible and Python
Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design and implementation of reliable, scalable and secure Db2 for z/OS solutions.
- Provide technical leadership to database, application, operations and modernization teams.
- Establish intake and change processes for new workloads and tune Db2 subsystems and databases.
- Develop self-service, on-demand automation for DDL and DML requests.
- Enable CI/CD pipelines for controlled database-change deployment.
- Review SMF/RMF telemetry and application traces; recommend SQL improvements and physical database-design changes.
- Support BCP testing and recovery of data from Safeguarded Copies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Db2 for z/OS incidents; participate in release, change, incident and problem-management processes.
- Maintain architecture standards, governance, roadmaps and blueprints while evaluating modernization opportunities.
Generic Managerial Skills, If any
- Lead cross-functional teams and multiple complex initiatives.
- Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, application teams, infrastructure teams and enterprise architects.
- Apply strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, stakeholder management and architectural governance.
- Financial services or insurance industry experience preferred.
