Job responsibilities
- Work in partnership with mainframe z/OS system programming teams to install and maintain a secure and healthy IBM Mainframe Db2 environment
- Install and configure IBM Db2 V12 & V13 subsystems, manage SMP/E (Software Management Program/Extended) target/distribution libraries, develop automated maintenance jobs and scripts accurately
- Work with Db2 database administrators to triage, mitigate and permanently resolve day-to-day production issues
- Perform on-call duties within on on-call shift rotation across a global and diverse team, providing daily turnover and management updates
- Collaborate with IBM and other infrastructure software vendors on high priority incidents, abnormal system behaviors and tuning opportunities
- Applies technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to projects of moderate scope
- Drives a workstream or project consisting of one or more infrastructure engineering technologies
- Works with other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
- Executes creative solutions for the design, development, and technical troubleshooting for problems of moderate complexity
- Strongly considers upstream/downstream data and systems or technical implications and advises on mitigation actions
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification oninfrastructure engineeringconcepts and 3+ years applied experience
- 7+ years of IBM Db2 systems programming experience in a mainframe z/OS operating system
- Experience with supporting and upgrading IBM Db2 V12 & V13 subsystems, SMP/E (Software Management Program/Extended), managing Continuous Delivery Function Levels, performing Db2 Buffer Pool Tuning and Dump Analysis, SQL and REXX
- Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Deep knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
- Deep knowledge of one specific infrastructure technology and scripting languages (e.g., Scripting, Python, etc.)
- Drives to continue to develop technical and cross-functional knowledge outside of the product
- Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator, Data Studio and Admin Foundation for z/OS
- Knowledge with Db2 Replication tools like IBM QREP, IBM Change Data Capture and IBM Db2 Integrated Synchronization
- Experience with Db2 ISV products like Broadcom/CA Platinum Utilities, BMC Recovery Manager and Db2 IBM tools including Db2 Sort and High Performance Unload