Senior Mainframe Database Consultant

5 days ago


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Ensono Full time

About Us (Ensono)


Ensono is a technology consultancy and managed service provider that accelerates digital transformation for its clients. Our team of experts helps organizations optimize their systems across any hybrid environment, offering services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration, and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and recognized as a Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3,500 associates globally and is headquartered in the greater Chicago area.


We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help you develop an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it's public, multi, or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. We can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. Our team is your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don't feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you're continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure.


About the Role



  1. Fulfill customer service requests for mainframe z/OS customers in a timely manner as they pertain to Mainframe DB2 database and related products.
  2. Provide primary support for reported problems related to DB2 and related software products.
  3. Provide key support for customer migration services (new customer transitions) as they pertain to DB2 and related OEM software products.
  4. Provide primary support for reported problems related to DB2 table spaces.
  5. Communicate to both customer and management the status of issues at intervals during the resolution process.

Responsibilities



  1. Maintain documentation of issue cause, action, and resolution in the designated problem tracking system.
  2. Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers, ensuring that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition or the targeted migration date.
  3. Work jointly with the Disaster Recovery Services and other technical teams to successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer's disaster recovery plans.
  4. Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows for timely implementations.
  5. Follow ITSM change control procedures.

Experience Level


5 to 8 years of experience.


Mandatory Skills



  1. Bachelor's degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
  2. 8+ years of professional experience in DB2 for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for DB2 are a plus.
  3. Experience in building new DB2 subsystem environments.
  4. Experience with configuring and managing DB2 in a parallel sysplex, DB2 Datasharing environments.
  5. Ability to develop innovative strategies, processes, and best practices in software management.
  6. Experience with reviewing new versions of DB2 for functionality, advising on how they benefit the client.
  7. Ability to review DB2 security to identify potential risks.
  8. Experience with reorganizing application data.
  9. Experience with reviewing and tuning internal DB2 buffer pools and SQL code.
  10. Experience with supporting DB2 security requests.
  11. Support planned (disaster recovery) and unplanned (emergency) database recovery activities.
  12. Knowledgeable in best practices of software management, maintenance, and documentation.
  13. Experience with establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management, DR, security, maintenance, and utilization.
  14. Ability to evaluate change requests and determine their impact on assigned clients and troubleshooting and solving production database issues.
  15. System programming knowledge of multiple Mainframe Database Management Systems is a bonus.

Good to Have Skills



  1. Self-motivated and able to work independently.
  2. Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and effectively to support requests from multiple clients.
  3. Must be able to multi-task and work under short deadlines and in high-pressure situations.
  4. Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentations).
  5. Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently.
  6. Experience in installation/upgrade/customization of DB2 subsystem and related ISV software products.
  7. SMPE knowledge and experience.

Shift Time


1:30 PM to 10:30 PM IST.



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