Remote Mainframe Datacom Engineer: Modernisation & Performance

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Greater London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a Mainframe Datacom Engineer to administer Broadcom Datacom databases within a z/OS environment and support critical banking applications. The role collaborates with development, infrastructure, and regional teams, with Spanish language skills being highly desirable.

The candidate will work on database provisioning, performance tuning, upgrades, and DR testing, while contributing to modernisation and DevOps integration across the mainframe stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience with Broadcom Datacom (CA Datacom) databases is essential.
• Strong knowledge of IBM z/OS and mainframe tooling required.

Responsibilities

• Administer Broadcom Datacom databases in a z/OS environment and perform provisioning, configuration, and monitoring.
• Support IBM z/OS infrastructure, including JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, VSAM, RACF, and batch processing.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD and modernisation initiatives within the mainframe estate.
• Assist with disaster recovery planning, performance tuning, and security/compliance requirements.

Skills

Datacom expertise

IBM z/OS

JCL

TSO/ISPF

CICS

VSAM

RACF

DevOps mindset

Spanish language

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Ansible

UrbanCode

Job description

HSBC is seeking a Mainframe Datacom Engineer to administer Broadcom Datacom databases within a z/OS environment and support critical banking applications. The role collaborates with development, infrastructure, and regional teams, with Spanish language skills being highly desirable.

The candidate will work on database provisioning, performance tuning, upgrades, and DR testing, while contributing to modernisation and DevOps integration across the mainframe stack.