Mainframe DB2 system engineer

Role: Mainframe DB2 system Engineer

Client: Financial Services & Banking

Location: Hybrid – Remote and 2 days per week in their London office

Salary: GBP 47-57k + Bonus + Benefits

Typical activities within the IT System Management job description are :

• Design, develop, implement and support IT infrastructure solutions to support business opportunities in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards
• Perform technical planning to select and implement appropriate technology for supporting business solutions at affordable cost
• Provide adequate level of expertise to support and troubleshoot infrastructure issues in case of problems Assess the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies Ensure that systems are properly operated and maintained and system evolution are successfully implemented

Role and Responsibilities :

• Provide system expertise in a specific technology, working largely autonomously on a range of projects and tasks. Implement standard complex systems and may be involved in the design of new, technical solutions.
• Expert in a technology, provides 2nd and 3rd level support on specific products. Look for efficient support and maintenance of technology and involved in standard projects.
• May manage, motivate and assess performance of a team of IT professionals.

Required Qualifications :

• DB2 System Admin & Utilities
• MQ System Admin
• z/OS system programming + USS experience
• Security with Certificates management
• QMF (TSO/Workstation/Websphere)
• JCL, SDSF, PL/1, Rexx
• DB2 Monitoring (CA Insight)

Nice to have:

• SAS software installation on both Mainframe and Distributed
• DB2 Connect
• DB2 Application Admin
• IDAA experience (implementation)