Salary: £44,000 - 72,000 per year
Requirements: - Typically 8-12 years of hands-on experience in IBM z/Mainframe environments with strong expertise in DB2 Database Administration, database support, performance tuning, security implementation, automation, disaster recovery, and production support.
- Deep understanding of Db2 database architecture, administration, and backup and recovery procedures.
- Experience in production support and database release management.
- Expertise in database performance monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.
- Strong knowledge of RACF/ACF2 security administration and access management.
- Experience with High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and replication technologies.
- Good understanding of ITIL processes, incident management, change management, and problem management.
- Exposure to automation and process improvement initiatives.
- Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience working on large-scale, complex enterprise projects involving database architecture, implementation, and support.
- Experience supporting critical enterprise and banking applications is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of enterprise database security, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Experience in database migration, modernization, and infrastructure transformation programs.
- Knowledge of z/OS administration and related IBM z ecosystem components.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, automation tools, and database lifecycle management.
- Experience supporting mission-critical banking or financial services applications.
- Excellent problem determination skills and ability to identify, isolate, and resolve processing anomalies and system errors.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across global teams.
- Banking and Financial Services domain experience would be highly advantageous.
Responsibilities: - Understand functional requirements and translate business requirements into technical database specifications.
- Provide production support and release management for Db2 database environments.
- Design, implement, and maintain physical database structures and configurations.
- Build, review, test, implement, and support application database releases.
- Implement and manage RACF/ACF2 DB2 security rules, access controls, and authorization mechanisms.
- Build and maintain High Availability and replication environments to ensure business continuity.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and support teams to deliver stable and resilient database services.
- Support database migration, upgrade, and data conversion initiatives.
- Perform root cause analysis and provide timely resolution of database-related incidents and problems.
- Provide consulting services on database performance monitoring, tuning, capacity planning, and optimization.
- Coordinate with development teams during project implementations and release cycles.
- Participate in infrastructure modernization, technical initiatives, and data center migration programs.
- Support database evergreen initiatives including upgrades, patching, and compliance-related activities.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Ensure adherence to ITIL processes, change management procedures, and organizational governance standards.
- Deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing DB2 database services in a 24x7 enterprise environment.
- Meet and exceed service-level agreements and operational performance metrics.
- Proactively identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and service improvement.
- Ensure database availability, integrity, security, and compliance across supported environments.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior team members and stakeholders.
- Participate in production support, on-call rotations, and critical incident resolution when required.
- Collaborate effectively with global teams, application owners, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge repositories.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives involving modernization, cloud integration, and infrastructure transformation.
- Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and continuous learning to support evolving business and technology requirements.
Technologies: - AI
- Cloud
- DevOps
- IBM
- Incident Management
- Support
- ITIL
- Security
- REST
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We are NTT DATA, a $30 billion business and technology services leader serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are hiring a DB2 Database Administrator for our growing UK and Europe team, with fully remote working possible and occasional preference for Sheffield. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive, locally competitive benefits package, with health and wellbeing as a priority. We are committed to responsible innovation, global collaboration, and flexible working, while supporting clients with enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers, and application services. Our team operates within a global support organization and values professionalism, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
last updated 36 week of 2026