DB2 ZOS DBA

About the role

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.). Duration: 3+ Month Contract. We are seeking an experienced Senior Precisely Connect CDC Engineer to support enterprise data replication initiatives in a large-scale mainframe environment. This role will focus on configuring, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting Precisely Connect CDC (formerly SQData) solutions that replicate data from IBM Db2 for z/OS to downstream cloud and distributed data platforms. The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on experience with Precisely Connect CDC and working knowledge of Db2 for z/OS. This position will play a critical role in enabling new applications for replication, supporting production environments, and resolving complex data synchronization issues. This role is heavily focused on Precisely Connect CDC administration and support, with Db2 for z/OS knowledge serving as a critical foundation for troubleshooting, log analysis, table access, replication enablement, and issue resolution. The successful candidate will help expand CDC adoption across multiple applications while serving as a technical expert for ongoing production support and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Precisely Connect CDC replication solutions for new and existing applications.
• Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot CDC environments across production systems.
• Investigate and resolve replication issues, including: replication latency, missing or delayed transactions, failed replications, connectivity issues, capture, publisher, or apply failures, data synchronization and consistency issues.
• Analyze source and target record discrepancies and determine root cause.
• Coordinate with application teams, database administrators, and platform engineering teams to ensure reliable data movement.
• Manage CDC configurations when source tables are added, modified, reorganized, or retired.
• Review CDC and Db2 logs to identify and resolve replication problems.
• Support CDC recovery and restart activities.
• Help onboard additional applications to the replication platform as adoption expands across the organization.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Precisely Connect CDC (formerly SQData).
• Experience configuring and supporting Db2 for z/OS as a CDC source environment.
• Strong understanding of CDC architecture and components, including: change capture, publisher services, transaction storage, replication/distribution, apply processing, source and target configuration.
• Experience administering and supporting CDC solutions in enterprise production environments.
• Strong understanding of Db2 for z/OS logging and transaction processing.
• Ability to read Db2 logs and execute Db2 commands to support replication troubleshooting.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving complex data replication issues.
• Strong knowledge of commit, rollback, restart, and recovery concepts.
• Ability to distinguish between: source database issues, CDC capture issues, transport/publisher issues, target/apply processing issues.

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM Db2 for z/OS in large enterprise environments.
• Additional experience with IBM replication technologies such as IBM IDR, Q Replication, or SQL Replication.
• Experience supporting cloud data integration and modernization initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot end-to-end replication workflows.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans offering optional financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.