Staff Software Engineer (DB2 for z/OS DBA) - Indaiatuba/SP

Main Responsibilities

• Engage as a technical consultant on mainframe and database technology solutions, supporting complex and mission-critical business requirements in a hybrid environment;


• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain DB2 for z/OS and enterprise database solutions, ensuring performance, availability, security, and compliance,


• Partner with application delivery, infrastructure, security, governance, and compliance teams to support mainframe-based and hybrid environments, aligned with JDF’s architecture strategy


• Maintain strong collaboration with application teams to evolve database and mainframe capabilities, including modernization and integration initiatives with cloud platforms,


• Ensure reusability, efficiency, and stability in the design, build, and support of mainframe and database infrastructure;


• Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization for DB2 and enterprise database environments;


• Apply and evolve best practices, standards, and controls for mainframe, database, and hybrid platforms;


• Support monitoring, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and prevention of issues in DB2, mainframe, and supporting infrastructure;


• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and practices related to database management, mainframe modernization, and hybrid architectures (including AWS).

Skills You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis and Development, or related fields;


• Advanced English: broad vocabulary, good grammar, conducts meetings, argues, negotiates, and delivers training sessions;


• Strong experience analyzing and translating business requirements into database and mainframe technical solutions;


• Solid experience with DB2 (preferably DB2 for z/OS), including administration, performance tuning, and SQL optimization;


• Strong mastery of SQL tuning and performance optimization;


• Experience working in mission-critical, high-availability environments;


• Understanding of application development environments, data management, and infrastructure constraints in enterprise systems;


• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy;


• Ability to provide technical leadership and mentor teams;


• Experience with AWS (compute, security, storage, etc.) and hybrid cloud integration is important;
  


• Availability to work in a hybrid model, 2 times a week, in Indaiatuba/SP.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Hands-on experience administering and optimizing DB2 databases on z/OS or other mainframe platforms;


• Experience with mainframe modernization initiatives, integrations, or coexistence with cloud platforms;


• Proven experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for enterprise databases.


• Advanced experience in database performance tuning at scale;


• Experience with database migrations involving legacy or enterprise platforms;


• Familiarity with CI/CD and automation tools applied to database environments (Jenkins, GitHub, etc.);


• Certifications related to DB2, database administration, or enterprise systems;


• AWS certifications (AWS Certified Database – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, etc.) as a strong plus, supporting the hybrid environment.