Remote Mainframe DBA - z/OS/M204 Expert

Kyndryl; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl is seeking a remote Mainframe Database Administrator to join our expert team. You will manage Model 204 (M204) databases on IBM z/OS, focusing on performance, security, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery. You’ll partner with application, infrastructure and security teams to continually enhance availability and reliability.

This role emphasizes capacity planning, project coordination, and proactive improvements to support mission‑critical business applications across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Responsible for the administration, maintenance, performance tuning, security, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery support of Model 204 (M204) databases in IBM z/OS mainframe environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and Protect: Configure, install and maintain database management systems to ensure peak performance.
• Set security protocols: manage user access and policies to protect data from threats.
• Plan ahead: conduct capacity planning and growth projections to keep systems scalable.
• Coordinate with teams to align database project plans with organizational goals.
• Propose and implement enhancements to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

M204 administration

IBM z/OS

Database performance tuning

Backup and recovery

Security management

Disaster recovery

Collaboration with teams

Tools

FAST/REORG

SOFTSPY

SIRSCAN

Horizon

MQ/204

Job description

Kyndryl is seeking a remote Mainframe Database Administrator to join our expert team. You will manage Model 204 (M204) databases on IBM z/OS, focusing on performance, security, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery. You’ll partner with application, infrastructure and security teams to continually enhance availability and reliability.

This role emphasizes capacity planning, project coordination, and proactive improvements to support mission‑critical business applications across the enterprise.