Mainframe DBA: Lead M204, z/OS Performance & Security

Relha LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Paid leave

Job summary

Kyndryl in the United States is seeking a skilled M204 DBA to manage, maintain and optimize IBM z/OS M204 databases, ensuring availability and performance across mission-critical applications. You will configure backups, plan capacity, implement security, and collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams to deliver reliable data services and scalable solutions.

The role offers competitive compensation with location-based ranges and a comprehensive benefits program, reflecting

Qualifications

• Administration, maintenance, performance tuning, security, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery for M204 databases.
• Supports design, capacity planning, change management and production operations.
• Collaborates with application, infrastructure, and security teams to implement enhancements and manage access controls.
• Experience with M204 utilities: FAST/REORG, SOFTSPY, SIRSCAN, Horizon, MQ/204.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and protect database systems ensuring peak performance.
• Set security protocols and manage user access.
• Plan capacity and growth projections to keep systems scalable.
• Coordinate database project plans with teams.
• Propose enhancements to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

M204 administration

IBM z/OS

Security management

Database tuning

Team collaboration

Tools

FAST/REORG

SOFTSPY

SIRSCAN

Horizon

MQ/204

Job description

Kyndryl in the United States is seeking a skilled M204 DBA to manage, maintain and optimize IBM z/OS M204 databases, ensuring availability and performance across mission-critical applications. You will configure backups, plan capacity, implement security, and collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams to deliver reliable data services and scalable solutions.

The role offers competitive compensation with location-based ranges and a comprehensive benefits program, reflecting