Senior Mainframe DB2 DBA — Remote

Kyndryl Inc.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl Inc. in the United States is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Db2 DBA to design, optimize and safeguard our DB2 environment. You will own database definitions, tuning, and governance across distributed teams, helping to scale our critical systems.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and reliability, with hands-on work on IBM mainframe utilities, SQL tuning, stored procedures, and monitoring tools such as Omegamon and QMF. Excellent communication and client-facing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of Mainframe Db2 DBA experience.
• Working knowledge of IBM Mainframe Database utilities.
• SME level knowledge of SQL coding, tuning and debugging.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; client-facing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and Protect: configure, install and maintain database management systems.
• Set security protocols: manage user access and protect data.
• Plan ahead: capacity planning and growth projections.
• Coordinate systematic database project plans that align with organizational goals.
• Generate ideas: propose enhancements to improve performance and reliability.
• Recover and Resolve: backup and recovery plans; support end users.

Skills

Db2 DBA

SQL tuning

COBOL

Client-facing

Tools

Omegamon

Query Monitor

QMF

Db2 Admin Tool

Log Analyzer

DDF

Stored Procedures

Job description

Kyndryl Inc. in the United States is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Db2 DBA to design, optimize and safeguard our DB2 environment. You will own database definitions, tuning, and governance across distributed teams, helping to scale our critical systems.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and reliability, with hands-on work on IBM mainframe utilities, SQL tuning, stored procedures, and monitoring tools such as Omegamon and QMF. Excellent communication and client-facing skills are essential.