Mainframe Datacom Engineer

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: Mainframe Datacom Engineer Location: Remote Duration: 2 months (will be extended) Rate: £519 per day all inc. (PAYE through FCSA Umbrella) Role Description: The client is seeking an experienced Mainframe Datacom Engineer to support and enhance critical banking applications running within our IBM Z Mainframe environment.

This role will be responsible for the administration, support, optimisation, and modernisation of Broadcom Datacom databases that underpin key business and customer services. The successful candidate will work cl osely with application development teams, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, and regional stakeholders to ensure the stability, security, resilience, and performance of Datacom-based solutions.

Given collaboration with teams across Spain and Latin America, Spanish language skills are highly desirable. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued evolution of client strategic Mainframe estate while supporting integration with modern engineering and DevOps practices. Principal

Responsibilities

Database Administration & Support: Administer and maintain Broadcom Datacom databases within a z/OS environment. Perform database provisioning, configuration, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning. Execute database backup, recovery, reorganisation, and maintenance activities using Datacom utilities.

Monitor database availability and proactively resolve performance and operational issues. Support incident, problem, and change management processes in accordance with client standards. Ensure database resilience, integrity, and regulatory compliance requirements are met.

Mainframe Engineering: Support IBM z/OS infrastructure and associated Mainframe technologies. Work with J CL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, and batch processing environments. Analyse system and application performance using available monitoring and diagnostic tools.

Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity exercises. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement upgrades, patches, and platform improvements. Application Support & Development: Support Datacom-based applications developed in Cobol and other Mainframe technologies.

Work with development teams on database design, access path optimisation, and query performance. Review and support application releases into testing and production environments. Troubleshoot application and database-related incidents across the software development lifecy cl e.

Contribute to code reviews and technical design discussions. Modernisation & Continuous Improvement:...

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