Job Description
Seeking an experienced Mainframe DBA Lead to provide technical leadership for enterprise DB2 for z/OS environments.
The candidate will be responsible for database administration, performance tuning, architecture, upgrades, migrations, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, security, and production incident management.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with DB2 for z/OS Database Administration
- DB2 subsystems, Data Sharing, Parallel Sysplex, buffer pools, tablespaces, indexes, and DB2 Catalog
- SQL performance tuning, access path analysis, and capacity planning
- DB2 utilities: REORG, RUNSTATS, COPY, LOAD, UNLOAD, RECOVER, and REBUILD INDEX
- Backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and RTO/RPO planning
- DB2 upgrades, migrations, SMP/E, and PTF implementation
- Mainframe tools: z/OS, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and JES2
- Database security, RACF, encryption, and audit/compliance controls
- L3/L4 production support, root cause analysis, and major incident resolution
- Technical leadership, team mentoring, and change governance (CAB)
Preferred Skills
- BMC DB2 tools
- REXX scripting
- DB2 automation
- experience with IMS
- CICS
- and MQ
Rate:
Not specified
Location:
Remote
IR35 Status:
Outside
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior