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Join Barclays as a Mainframe DB2 System Specialist, where you\'ll help build and maintain resilient infrastructure platforms supporting vital applications and data systems. Apply cutting-edge engineering and automation to ensure reliability, scalability, and security across core technologies.

Location: Knutsford (preferred) / Glasgow.

• Build engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Include identification of appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimization, and resourcing requirements.
• Incident management: Monitor IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use data to drive down mean time to resolution.
• Automation: Develop and implement automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
• Security: Implement 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.

• Experience with IBM DB2 installation, maintenance, and upgrade, and related products (DB2 CA, DB2 Connect, Data Studio, etc.).
• Excellent understanding of mainframe operating system tools: TSO, JCL, REXX, SQL, etc.
• Several years of practical experience as a DB2 Systems Programmer.
• Strong understanding of system performance and monitoring techniques.
• Experience with DevOps tooling (e.g., VS Code, Db2 Developer Extensions).
• Experience with z/OSMF.
• Experience with Broadcom and IBM Db2 tools.
• Experience with Db2 internal and RACF Security.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge to deliver work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees toward them, with performance appraisal and reward considerations.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours where applicable: Listen, Energise, Align, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members, identifying cross-functional needs to complete assignments and exploring new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues; provide advice to leadership to resolve escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of control and governance.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work performed.
• Collaborate with other areas to provide business-aligned support and keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information clearly to stakeholders and influence outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship — our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset — to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: Banking and Financial Services