Mainframe DB2 CDC Administrator - Hybrid & Real-time Replication

Kyndryl; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl is seeking an experienced Mainframe DB2/IMS Administrator to support large-scale Db2 and CDC environments. You will manage replication, ensure data integrity, and optimize performance across enterprise platforms.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting, maintenance, and disaster recovery planning, with a focus on real-time data movement and system resilience. Hybrid environment with ongoing learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in administering and supporting Mainframe z/OS, IBM DB2, and IMS databases, including database structure administration, utility management, performance optimization, and database maintenance activities across enterprise environments.
• Analyze and troubleshoot IMS and DB2 batch job failures, ensuring timely resolution and root cause identification.
• Perform DB2 and IMS structure backfill, database refreshes, and recovery activities across non-production and production environments.
• Execute tablespace and index reorganizations, space reclamation, performance tuning, and capacity management initiatives.
• Review and optimize SQL queries and access paths, improving database performance and reducing resource consumption.
• Create and manage change tickets, supporting end-to-end implementation from development through production deployment.
• Monitor DB2/IMS health check jobs, tablespace status, database objects, and perform object alterations using DB2 commands as required.
• Support IMS administration activities including DBD changes, ACBGEN, DELGEN, AUTOGEN, DBRC registration, backup/recovery, reporting, documentation, and knowledge transfer initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support IBM Db2 for z/OS in a large-scale mainframe environment.
• Configure, monitor, and maintain CDC replication solutions to enable real-time data movement across platforms.
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and availability throughout replication and database operations.
• Monitor and optimize Db2 and CDC performance, identifying and resolving system bottlenecks and replication latency issues.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database, replication, and connectivity incidents to meet service level objectives.
• Perform database maintenance activities, including backup, recovery, migration, upgrades, and patch management.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery strategies for mission‑critical Db2 environments.

Skills

Mainframe z/OS

IBM DB2

IMS

CDC

CDC monitoring

SQL tuning

Performance tuning

Incident troubleshooting

Change management

Linux administration

Tools

TOAD Oracle

Kafka

Job description

Kyndryl is seeking an experienced Mainframe DB2/IMS Administrator to support large-scale Db2 and CDC environments. You will manage replication, ensure data integrity, and optimize performance across enterprise platforms.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting, maintenance, and disaster recovery planning, with a focus on real-time data movement and system resilience. Hybrid environment with ongoing learning opportunities.