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# Mainframe DBA Manager

- **Company:** BCforward
- **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $158,080.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Backup Devices, Customer Information Control System (CICS), Databases, Data Sharing, IBM DB2, Database Design, Database Encryption, IBM Parallel Sysplex, Job Control Language (JCL), Rexx (Programming Language), Job Entry Subsystem 2/3, Mainframes, Performance Tuning, Software Maintenance, IBM Resource Access Control Facility, Runbook, SQL Databases, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Z/OS, Tso/ispf, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Indexer, Sql Tuning
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/441cf77e-6f6e-49fd-a5e1-f403747a7b65

## About the Role

We are seeking a Mainframe DBA Lead/Manager (DB2 for z/OS) to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in DB2 for z/OS administration, engineering, performance tuning, backup and recovery, migrations, and security and a proven ability to lead complex upgrades, drive modernization, ensure availability and resiliency, and mentor DBA teams., * Extensive DB2 for z/OS DBA experience, including subsystem management and data sharing.

 * Strong knowledge of buffer pools, database design, tablespaces, indexes, and the DB2 catalog.
 * Expertise in SQL performance tuning, access path analysis, capacity planning, backup and recovery, and DB2 utilities.
 * Proficiency with z/OS, JCL, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, and JES2.
 * Experience with SMP/E, DB2 upgrades, database encryption, and audit/compliance controls.
 * Experience level: 12-20+ years Mainframe, 8-16+ years DB2 for z/OS DBA, including leadership of upgrades, performance projects, data sharing, DR exercises, major incidents, and standards.

Preferred Skills:

 * DB2 Data Sharing and Parallel Sysplex.
 * BMC DB2 toolsets and DB2 automation frameworks.
 * REXX scripting; familiarity with IMS, CICS, and MQ integrations.
 * Support for cloud connectivity and modernization initiatives.

## Description

* Lead administration and support for enterprise DB2 for z/OS environments across Dev, Test, UAT, DR, and Prod.
 * Define and maintain database standards, best practices, and engineering procedures to ensure availability, performance, and resiliency.
 * Review and approve database architectures including tablespaces, partitioning, indexing, and storage designs for large-scale applications.
 * Drive database modernization and optimization initiatives.
 * Lead performance engineering including analysis of SQL, access paths, buffer pools, dynamic SQL, distributed workloads, and locking/concurrency; establish baselines and capacity plans.
 * Manage and optimize DB2 utilities such as REORG, RUNSTATS, COPY, LOAD, UNLOAD, RECOVER, and REBUILD INDEX; schedule and automate maintenance.
 * Define, validate, and test backup, recovery, and DR strategies to meet RTO/RPO; maintain runbooks.
 * Lead DB2 version upgrades, subsystem migrations, software maintenance, and PTF implementations; align with vendor currency.
 * Serve as L3/L4 escalation for incidents; conduct troubleshooting, RCA, and drive permanent fixes and change governance.
 * Ensure security and compliance, including RACF integration, access controls, audits, and regulatory adherence.
 * Provide technical leadership and mentoring; lead reviews, workshops, and knowledge transfer; establish operational best practices.
 * Collaborate with z/OS, CICS, IMS, MQ, Storage, Security, and Application teams to support integration and modernization.