Mainframe_IBM Z Technical Specialist in Sheffield

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Location: Sheffield - Hybrid 60% office - 40% Remote

Duration: 30/11/2026

Role Description:

As IBM Z Technical Specialist – Db2 DBA:

• Primary responsibility is to design and provide support on the database technology, ensuring customer delight as per the defined size, effort and schedule confirming to quality standards and best practices.
• Maintain and improve SLA’s and always ensure compliance to client policies.
• Actively look for automation opportunities, strategize and automate repeat processes to achieve organisation objectives for efficiency.
• Perform pro-active analysis on day-to-day work to obtain automation on deliveries thereby reducing repetitive and standardised tasks/processes.
• Being a global team, ensure best practices are used to support the diverse customer group.
• Have thorough understanding of the environments to provide best service quality.
• Should have very good hands-on experience in the underlying technology/infrastructure.
• Work closely with the stakeholders to avail/impart all necessary training from time to time to ensure enhanced service delivery.

General Skills:

• Experience working on several large complex projects in an architectural role designing and implementing technical solutions to commercial problems.
• Excellent problem determination skills and the ability to detect and control any processing anomalies or system errors.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, particularly when conveying complex information, and the ability to build effective networks across business areas, developing relationships based on mutual trust.
• Banking / Finance background would be beneficial.

Technical Requirements:

• Understanding of functional requirements and translation of business requirements into technical specifications.
• Production support and Release Management of database environments.
• Define the physical database design.
• Build, review, QA, implement, and support application database releases.
• Implement RACF/ACF2 DB2 security rules and access authority.
• Build and maintain High Availability setup, replication setups and interact with application teams and other infrastructure teams.
• Data conversion/migration assistance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related discipline preferred.
• 8-12 years of relevant work experience.
• Good understanding of ITIL processes and procedures.
• Strong overall technical leadership skills.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Demonstrate analytical and problem management skills.
• Solve problems laterally with in-time information to line manager.
• Providing consulting on database Performance Monitoring, Tuning & Optimization.
• Facilitation, planning, and coordination with the development teams.
• Participate in technical initiatives & Support in data Centre migrations.
• Participate in ever-greening database environments.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often shortlisted within 48 hours.