Db2 z/OS Mainframe Specialist – Hybrid (Edinburgh/Manchester)

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Shopping discounts

30 days holiday

Wellbeing & parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Senior z/OS Db2 DBA to deliver advanced mainframe support and to drive strategy across the Db2 estate. You will own the Db2 roadmap and work with stakeholders to deliver improvements, while maintaining governance and high availability.

The role is based in a hybrid environment with Edinburgh or Manchester locations, 35 hours per week, and may require out-of-hours support. We value diversity and provide generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Extensive in-depth expertise and knowledge of Db2 on z/OS.
• Expert-level experience of performance monitoring and optimisation of Db2, including SQL tuning.
• Governing and approving DDL changes, handling schema evolution, validating impact, and ensuring alignment to change-control processes.
• Experience leading the resolution and troubleshooting of critical online systems.
• Proven experience of communicating and translating complex technical concepts for Senior Leadership.
• Experience of supporting junior team members, providing coaching on Db2 fundamentals, performance tuning, utilities, and operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for complex mainframe environments to tight timescales.
• Help drive the strategy and design across the mainframe development and test estate.
• Own and drive the zDBA technology roadmap, and work closely with stakeholders to deliver against it.
• Implement standardisation and drive improvement initiatives in the team.
• Work collaboratively across the wider Lab and Platform teams to develop, promote, and implement process initiatives.
• Ensure processes, governance, and procedures are rigorously adhered to.

Skills

Db2 on z/OS

Performance monitoring

SQL tuning

Change control

Leadership comms

Mentoring juniors

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Senior z/OS Db2 DBA to deliver advanced mainframe support and to drive strategy across the Db2 estate. You will own the Db2 roadmap and work with stakeholders to deliver improvements, while maintaining governance and high availability.

The role is based in a hybrid environment with Edinburgh or Manchester locations, 35 hours per week, and may require out-of-hours support. We value diversity and provide generous benefits.