Senior Db2 z/OS & CDC Engineer

Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC is seeking a Senior Db2 Engineer for a contract assignment in Boston. The role focuses on administering IBM Db2 for z/OS and Precisely Connect CDC, ensuring reliable replication from mainframe to cloud platforms.

You will partner with Mainframe DBA and engineering teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize CDC configurations, handle failures, and maintain data integrity across targets and publishers.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering IBM Db2 for z/OS in enterprise production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Precisely Connect CDC, formerly SQData.
• Understanding of CDC architecture and concepts including: change capture, publisher, CDC/transaction storage, replication/distribution, apply processing, source and target configuration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot Db2 for z/OS and Precisely Connect CDC deployments.
• Collaborate with Mainframe DBA and platform engineering to ensure reliable data movement to cloud platforms.
• Configure and support Db2 z/OS as CDC source and handle start/stop operations, monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Investigate replication issues, including missing transactions, publisher failures, and data consistency problems.

Skills

Db2 for z/OS

Precisely Connect CDC

CDC architecture

Tools

Precisely Connect CDC

Job description

Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC is seeking a Senior Db2 Engineer for a contract assignment in Boston. The role focuses on administering IBM Db2 for z/OS and Precisely Connect CDC, ensuring reliable replication from mainframe to cloud platforms.

You will partner with Mainframe DBA and engineering teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize CDC configurations, handle failures, and maintain data integrity across targets and publishers.