Overview
Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you'll help build and maintain resilient infrastructure platforms supporting vital applications and data systems. Apply cutting-edge engineering and automation to ensure reliability, scalability, and security across our core technologies.
This role is based in Knutsford (preferred) / Glasgow.
Responsibilities
* Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
* Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
* Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
* Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
* Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
* Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization\'s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
Qualifications
* Experienced in the installation, maintenance, and upgrade of the IBM DB2 product and of DB2 related products (DB2 CA, DB2 connect, Data Studio, etc.).
* Excellent understanding of Mainframe operating system tools: TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, etc.
* Several years practical experience working as a DB2 Systems Programmer.
* Strong understanding of system performance and monitoring techniques.
Highly Valued Skills
* Experience with Dev Ops tooling e.g. VS Code, Db2 Developer extensions etc.
* Experience with z/OSMF.
* Experience with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools.
* Experience with Db2 internal and RACF Security.
Leadership / Professional Expectations
* To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
* Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively, and communicate complex information to stakeholders.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
* Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
* Demonstrate Barclays Values and Mindset in daily work.
Seniorities & Employment
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Information Technology
* Industries: Banking and Financial Services
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