Lead Mainframe Z/OS DB2 SRE

Location: Cary, NC. Full-time position.

Requirements

• 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
• Financial services or insurance industry experience preferred

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

Skills

• 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