Mainframe DBA Manager

Seeking an experienced Mainframe DBA Manager/Lead with 12-20+ years of mainframe experience and 8-16+ years of DB2 for z/OS database administration experience. The candidate will lead enterprise DB2 environments, ensuring database performance, availability, security, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery., * Lead DB2 for z/OS administration, database design, and architecture.

• Manage SQL performance tuning, access path analysis, and capacity planning.
• Oversee DB2 utilities, maintenance, backup, recovery, and DR operations.
• Lead DB2 upgrades, subsystem migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Handle critical production incidents, root cause analysis, and L3/L4 escalations.
• Ensure database security, compliance, and operational standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.

• Strong expertise in DB2 for z/OS, DB2 subsystems, Data Sharing, tablespaces, indexes, and buffer pools.
• Proficiency in SQL tuning, DB2 utilities, backup/recovery, and performance optimization.
• Strong knowledge of z/OS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, JES2, and SMP/E.
• Experience with DB2 upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery, and production support.
• Excellent technical leadership, troubleshooting, and communication skills.