Mainframe Db2 Database Specialist

4 weeks ago

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa Tata Consultancy Services Full time

Job Title: Mainframe DB2 Database Specialist

Company: TCS (MEA)

Location: City of Johannesburg, South Africa

Job type: Full time

About Us: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world's largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 50 years. TCS offers a consulting-led, cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions.

Job Description:

Consult and provide advice on the use of the specific technology. Address the needs of the bank by deploying, supporting and configuring the specific technology. Develop solutions using knowledge of the technology. Ensure ongoing availability within the SLA requirements. Ensure maximum exploitation of the technology features across multiple business initiatives. Identify further opportunities for use of the technology. Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI. Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth. Understand and embrace the vision and values, leading by example. Identify opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies. Participate in Research and Development related to specific technology. Ensure alignment with emerging technologies, and impact on technologies. Participation in design forums, project forums, user groups and Request For Proposal (RFP). Design optimal technical solution in the technologies.

Contribute expertise into a design document related to specific technology and its impact on technology. Participate in proof of technology and proof of concept, with recommendations. Document and maintain documents relevant to specific technologies and its standards. Maintain technology road map in alignment with strategic IT policies and procedures. Ensure implementation of solution is aligned to best practice. Enable skilling and required corrective action taking place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team. Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes to improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses. Maintain up to date landscape views and technical guidelines of how specific technology is implemented. Attend technology specific industry forums and compile and present technical papers. Provide problem solving in high impact incidents. Present to stakeholders on any impact or change to specific technology. Engage with vendors related to specific technologies. Present on the exploitation of the technology. Become a trusted consultant by providing trustworthy information and acknowledging if advice cannot be provided. Expand IP beyond own technology specialty.

Review and Business Unit Plan and ensure delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned to support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values. Contribute to the content of the curricula for stakeholders. Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place. Grow the profession through technical mentoring. Review vendor training offerings.

Essential Qualifications:

  1. NQF Level Grade 12 (NQF level 4)
  2. 4 years relevant technical qualification / certification - DB2 for Z / Os certifications.

Preferred Qualification: Technical Diploma or equivalent Degree

Minimum Experience Level: 10-15 years experience in an IT environment of which at least 2 years in a senior role from feeding career streams and at least 3-5 years specialization in the specific technology MVS, TSO, SQL, JCL, REXX, CICS, MQ, VSAM. Knowledge of application performance tuning concepts and scripting.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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