Lead Data Engineer - Mainframe DB2/IMS DBA

Join us as we embark on a journey of collaboration and innovation, where your unique skills and talents will be valued and celebrated. Together we will create a brighter future and make a meaningful difference.

As a Lead Data Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking - Card Platform Services Team, you play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering database requirements to fulfill product business objectives. Your responsibilities include ensuring that data is consistently available, accessible, reliable, and recoverable.

Job responsibilities

• Administer, design, implement and support highly available and scalable Mainframe DB2 & IMS database solutions
• Implement data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes.
• Implement and maintaining the DB2/IMS Databases with High Availability features using Data Partitioning and Databasereplications.
• Resolve database performance issues, database capacity issues, replication and other data issues.
• Work with Information Architects and Database Designers to implement the physical data model.
• Develop the database performance monitoring process and analyze data for optimization opportunities.
• Provide up to Level 2 on call support for the 24/7 DB2/IMS database environment.
• Manage on-site backup and recovery process.
• Plan for and execute required database upgrades or migrations.
• Work with database admin tools like CA Platinum/ BMC/ IBM Admin tools, Mainview, IBM Data Studio, BMC Recoverymanagement etc.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Database design/development, integration, performance monitoring & tuning, systems re-engineering and Operations support.
• Knowledge of DB2 for z/OS along with mainframe related tools such as BMC, CA Platinum for monitoring, SMPE, ISPF, SMS, SMF.
• Expertise with IMS Full Function/Fast Path database implementation, REXX programming and MQ
• Experience in IBM Replication CDC , QREP.
• Capable of creating the roadmap, processes, best practices, standards, and strategies for continuous improvement, resiliency, and scalability.
• Experience with Atlassian tools like Jira, Confluence.
• Proven background on database engineering, automation,monitoring, performance engineeringdesignand implementations.
• Strong execution mind-set to manage and track progress against transformation goals.
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience providing 24x7 rotational support.
• Understanding of Distributed and Static SQL workloads
• Familiar with IDAA (Data Analytics Accelerators)