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IBM Senior Database DB2 z/OS Solution Architect Poland, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Krakow 840216566
16.09.2024
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Your Role and Responsibilities
A ‘day-in-the-life’ of this opportunity may include, but not be limited to:
- Database Design and Implementation: Design and implement Db2 on z/OS databases for clients, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security. Develop and maintain database designs, data models, and data warehousing solutions.
- Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting: Analyze and troubleshoot performance issues in Db2 on z/OS databases, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions. Optimize database performance, ensuring efficient query execution, and minimizing downtime.
- Database Administration: Perform routine database administration tasks, including backup and recovery, data archiving, and database maintenance. Ensure database security, compliance, and regulatory requirements are met.
- Client project engagement: engage at one or more multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines. Collaborate with clients, project managers, and other team members to ensure successful project delivery.
- Create solution blueprint, estimates, gap analysis, and conceptual designs/customer demos as well as provide a post go-live support. Implement solutions within defined architectural guardrails, principles and framework.
- Actively involve in customer proposals and support business development activities.
- Be the central point of connect across various teams working on the solution – the client teams, IBM, the IBM’s partners.
- Act as a mentor to junior engineers and guide them on Db2 on Z.
What we offer:
- Working for a top 5 IT company according to Forbes 2022 best employers ranking
- International and prestigious projects
- Highly skilled teams of experts
- Wide range of IBM trainings and certificates
- Access to Udemy, Harvard Business Review, O’Reilly, Interskill, IBM AI Skills Academy
And what is more:
- Contract of employment
- Competitive compensation – salary range, depending on your skills and experience
- Private medical care and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sport, charity & other networking groups
- Summer / winter camps for children
- Discounts with IBM employee badge
- Referral Bonus Program
- No dress code
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Extensive (5-10 years) knowledge of Db2 on z/OS, including database design, performance tuning, and troubleshooting, a proven track record of innovation – 3x exemplary projects/creating solution design, estimates, customer demos
- Documented experience with database management systems, including data modeling, data warehousing, and business intelligence.
- Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, and other scripting/programming languages; familiarity with z/OS operating system, including JCL, TSO, and ISPF.
- Deep understanding of the Db2 mainframe environment, i.e. SPUFY (System Programming Utilities for z/OS): experience with SPUFY commands, such as SPUFI and SPUFM, for managing and manipulating z/OS files and datasets.
- IMS (Information Management System): experience with IMS databases, including IMS DB, IMS DC, and IMS TM, as well as IMS tools, such as IMS DC Utilities and IMS TM Utilities
- VTAM (Virtual Telecommunications Access Method): knowledge of VTAM concepts, such as VTAM sessions, LU 6.2, and TCP/IP.
- BS. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering/STEM
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Strong experience in architecting solutions based on Db2 on Z: applications, data warehouses
- Experience with full lifecycle of product version upgrades and migration, deployment cycles, devops
- Java/Cobol development certification or equivalent in one of the above mentioned products, Watson Code Assistant for Cobol
- Knowledge sharing opportunities, like speaking at conferences, techtalks, meetups, blogging, publications
- Knowledge in second European language on communicative level
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