Db2 Expert

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS**:

- Understand tech stack of the current product in order to lead business & IT discussions to formulate requirements & build backlog.
- Knowledge of information system concepts and technologies.
- Written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- DB2
- SQL Language and Database experience
- Legacy systems i.e DB2 understanding and ability to translate requirements
- Experience in Mainframe (incl. VSAM, GDG) configs
- Problem-solving skills.
- Experience in Agile methodology.
- Experience in the creation of Epics/Stories to match the outcomes of the analysis/specifications, thereby defining the (Acceptance Criteria the Definition of Ready and the Definition of Done) criteria.
- Experience in modelling software like Visio, Draw.io or others
- Experience in developing process flows.

**Advantageous skills requirements**:

- Knowledge of data modelling and data visualisation tools
- Data Manipulation and Transformation
- Mainframe Migrations

Optional: Change Data Capture technologies and principles to propagate Mainframe data to cloud targets i.e Confluent Kafka

**ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Supporting the mainframe migration initiative with the scope for change data capture (CDC).
- Establish an efficient and integrate collaboration model to implement CDC requirements on mainframe
- Operations and maintenance of CDC components together with software supplier and mainframe service partners
- Engagement with stakeholders to understand business problems and needs and translate those into detailed technical and/or functional requirements that include process, data, people, and technical workflow specifications.
- Identify and promote optimisation, re-use and standardisation opportunities within BMW Platforms
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve positive outcomes.
- Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered.
- Engage and collaborate the team on suitable solutions that meet our requirements and satisfy our architectural roadmap
- Engage and collaborate with various integration touch point teams and share business and technical requirements
- Assist with query and complaint management in a timeous manner.
- Coordinate and participate in the test effort and troubleshooting to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed technical requirements and functional/process specifications.
- Assist the solution architect to produce technical documentation for designed solutions

Ensure all the technical requirements, evaluations and recommendations of business solutions, assessments and feasibility analysis are documented.