Barclays

DB2SystemsProgrammer

Chennai, India FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“DB2 Systems Programmer at Barclays. Skills: DB2 Systems Programming, Mainframe operating system tools, Infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security. Build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products. Ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use of infrastructure solutions; Drive down mean time to resolution for incidents; Improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention through automation; Protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and security threats; Ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources; Solve problems creatively and effectively

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

IBM DB2 product installation, maintenance, and upgrade, DB2 related products (DB2 CA, DB2 connect, Data Studio), Mainframe operating system tools, TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, Several years practical experience working as a DB2 Systems Programmer, System performance and monitoring techniques

Nice to Have

Dev Ops tooling e. g. VS Code, Db2 Developer extensions, z/OSMF, Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools, Db2 internal and RACF Security

What You'll Do.

Build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products

Ensure infrastructure reliability

Monitor IT infrastructure and system performance

Develop and implement automated tasks and processes

Implement secure configurations and measures

Consult on complex issues

Identify ways to mitigate risk

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers; Collaborate with other areas of work for business aligned support; Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy

Communication Scope

Communicate complex information

Full Job Description

# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. **Accountabilities** * Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. * Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. * Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. * Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. * Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. * Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. **Assistant Vi

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