Database Engineer

Tesco Technology; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Technology is seeking a skilled Database Engineer to enhance DB2 database systems and improve business processes. The successful candidate will lead database management activities, ensuring high performance and availability while collaborating across teams to meet organizational goals. This role offers a supportive working environment with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

25 days holiday plus a personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Mainframe DB2 DBA experience.
• Expert knowledge of DB2 for z/OS.
• Background in automation and performance engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead database management activities including complex database design.
• Implement and maintain DB2 databases with high availability features.
• Develop management policies, procedures, standards, and best practices.

Skills

Database design

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Performance tuning

Education

Mainframe DBA certification

Tools

CA Platinum

IBM Admin tools

REXX programming

Job description

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About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Database Engineer to join our systems engineering teams here at Tesco UK.
As a Mainframe Systems Engineer you will be focused on DB2 Database Engineering your mission is to help our team in creating next-level solutions that will improve the way our business and customer products performance and management.
As an experienced Database Engineer you will have deep knowledge of database design, development will help meeting application teams standards and satisfying both business and functional requirements.
Your expertise in mainframe technology domains will be counted to solve complex and mission critical problems internally
This position is for a DB2 Mainframe Database Engineer (MF zOS DB2 DBA ) is a member of the Database Engineering team in Infrastructure Engineering at Tesco PLC Ltd.


You will be responsible for
You will be responsible for mainframe DB2 database design, system set up , implementation, managing, practices, processes and the tools that enable the business of Database development & maintenance.
• Lead or participate in database management activities including designing highly complex logical and physical databases
• Implement and maintaining the DB2 Databases with High Availability features using tablespace Partitioning, Resolve database performance issues, database capacity issues, DR and other data issues
• Plan for and execute required database upgrades or migrations Work with database admin tools like CA Platinum / IBM Admin tools
• Design and implement security solutions
• Develop management policies, procedures, standards, and best practices
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals


You will need
• Expertise in Mainframe DB2 database design, infrastructure architecture disciplines, and business processes

• Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals.

• 10+ years of Mainframe DB2 DBA on a data sharing experience with an emphasis on Database Administration/Engineering Database design, Performance monitoring & tuning

• Expert knowledge of DB2 for z/OS along with mainframe related tools such as CA Platinum for monitoring, ISPF, SMS, SMF, REXX programming

• Exposure on DB2 DBA /zOS v12
• Capable of creating the roadmap, processes, best practices, standards, and strategies for continuous improvement, resiliency, and scalability

• Proven background on database engineering, automation, monitoring, performance engineering design and implementations


Whats in it for you?
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Hereto find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary


• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)


• Private medical insurance


• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave


• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

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  Retail

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