Senior DB2 for z/OS Systems Programmer (Remote)

NTT DATA, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced DB2 for z/OS Systems Programmer to join the DB2 Support Team in the UK/Europe. You will lead and support a large DB2 estate across subsystems, ensuring availability, security, and performance while collaborating with security, infrastructure and development teams.

The role requires deep DB2 for z/OS expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to operate independently in a complex enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 8–15+ years in IBM Mainframe Systems Programming with DB2 for z/OS
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise DB2 environments with multiple subsystems
• Hands-on DB2 installation, migration, maintenance, performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Experience in Banking/Financial Services or mission-critical environments preferred
• Experience with high-volume OLTP using CICS and DB2

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain DB2 for z/OS environments
• Support a large-scale enterprise DB2 infrastructure with multiple subsystems
• Plan and execute DB2 version upgrades and migrations
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for DB2-based applications
• Ensure stability, integrity, availability, and performance of DB2 databases and infrastructure
• Manage DDF and distributed DB2 connectivity
• Maintain OLTP environments with CICS and DB2, monitor and tune performance
• Perform capacity planning and disaster recovery testing and implementation

Skills

DB2 for z/OS

CICS

JCL

TSO/ISPF

RACF

SMP/E

z/OS

DDF

DB2 Performance Monitoring

Disaster Recovery

Tools

OMEGAMON for DB2

IBM Utilities for DB2

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced DB2 for z/OS Systems Programmer to join the DB2 Support Team in the UK/Europe. You will lead and support a large DB2 estate across subsystems, ensuring availability, security, and performance while collaborating with security, infrastructure and development teams.

The role requires deep DB2 for z/OS expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to operate independently in a complex enterprise environment.