Db2 Mainframe Platform Owner

3 hours ago

Sandton, South Africa eSmart Group Full time

**Job Summary**:
We are seeking an experienced DB2 Platform Owner to provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for our DB2 platform. This role demands a strong technical background, deep platform expertise, and a passion for ensuring service excellence across the end-to-end customer experience.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead and manage the DB2 platform lifecycle, ensuring availability, performance, and strategic alignment.
- Oversee platform governance, deployment of new services, and platform stability.
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure best-practice designs and blueprints are implemented.
- Approve architecture designs and contribute to the technical roadmap.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities for the platform.
- Drive platform integration across domains, ensuring cohesive implementation and monitoring.
- Evaluate and support non-functional requirements such as scalability, reliability, and security.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with technology vendors for strategic direction and support.
- Define and deliver on the platform’s service expectations and SLAs.
- Champion best practices in IT risk management, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
- Foster team collaboration and provide leadership within technical teams.
- Promote agile thinking and seek opportunities to improve systems and business processes.
- Support culture-building and corporate social responsibility initiatives.

**Required Qualifications & Certifications**:

- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- DB2 Database Certification

**Experience Requirements**:

- 15+ years of experience with DB2MVS database platform on IBM Mainframe
- 15+ years of technical operational IT experience in DB2MVS database support
- 5-10 years in a Technical Team Leadership capacity
- Proven expertise in database administration, performance tuning, and query optimization

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