Mainframe_IBM Z Technical Specialist – Db2
Summary: The Mainframe IBM Z Technical Specialist – Db2 role involves designing and supporting database technology to ensure customer satisfaction while adhering to quality standards. The position requires proactive analysis for automation opportunities and collaboration with stakeholders to enhance service delivery. The role is based in Sheffield with a hybrid working arrangement. The contract is set to last until November 30, 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and provide support on database technology, ensuring customer delight as per defined size, effort, and schedule.
- Maintain and improve SLAs while ensuring compliance with client policies.
- Identify and strategize automation opportunities to enhance efficiency.
- Perform proactive analysis to reduce repetitive tasks and processes.
- Support a diverse customer group by utilizing best practices.
- Provide necessary training to stakeholders for enhanced service delivery.
- Work on large complex projects in an architectural role to design and implement technical solutions.
- Detect and control processing anomalies or system errors.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Manage production support and release management of database environments.
- Define physical database design and support application database releases.
- Implement security rules and access authority for DB2.
- Build and maintain high availability setups and replication setups.
- Assist with data conversion and migration.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience with IBM Z and Db2 technology.
- Excellent problem determination and communication skills.
- Experience in banking or finance is beneficial.
- Ability to build effective networks and relationships across business areas.
- Experience in designing and implementing technical solutions for complex projects.
- Understanding of functional requirements and technical specifications.
- Experience in production support and release management.
- Knowledge of RACF/ACF2 security rules.
- Experience with high availability and replication setups.
- Data conversion and migration experience.
Salary (Rate): 514GBP/Day
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Role Title: Mainframe_IBM Z Technical Specialist – Db2
Location: Sheffield- Hybrid 60% office-40% Remote
Duration: 30/11/2026
Rate: 514GBP/Day(Inside IR35)
Role Description: "IBM Z Technical Specialist – Db2 • Primary responsibility is to design and provide support on the database technology, ensuring customer delight as per the defined size, effort and schedule confirming to quality standards and best practices. Maintain and improve SLA’s and always ensure compliance to client policies. Actively look for automation opportunities, strategize and automate repeat process to achieve organization objectives for efficiency.
• Perform pro-active analysis on day-to-day work to obtain automation on deliveries thereby reducing repetitive and standardized tasks/processes.
• Being global team ensure best practices are used to support the diverse customer group. Have thorough understanding of the environments to provide best service quality. Should have very good hands-on experience in the underlying technology/infrastructure. Work closely with the stakeholders to avail/impart all necessary training from time to time to ensure enhanced service delivery.
General Skills • Experience working on several large complex projects in an architectural role designing and implementing technical solutions to commercial problems. • Excellent problem determination skills and the ability to detect and control any processing anomalies or system errors. • Excellent written and spoken communication skills, particularly when conveying complex information, and the ability to build effective networks across business areas, developing relationships based on mutual trust. • Banking / Finance background would be beneficial.
Technical Requirements • Understanding of functional requirements and translation of business Requirements into technical specifications. • Production support and Release Management of database environments. • Define the physical database Design. • Build, review, QA, implement, and support application database releases. • Implement RACF/ACF2 DB2 security rules and Access authority. • Build and maintain High Availability setup, replication setups and interact with application teams and other infrastructure teams. • Implement RACF/ACF2 DB2 security rules and Access authority. • Data conversion/migration assistance.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
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