About this role
Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Broadcom Datacom / CA Datacom
- Proven experience as a Datacom DBA and/or System Programmer
- Extensive experience with database administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, database restoration, and query optimisation
- Hands-on experience with Datacom patching, maintenance, and system support
- Strong knowledge of IBM z/OS and JCL
- Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale production environments
- Spanish language skills
- Ability to work Mexico-aligned business hours
- Eligible for BPSS clearance
- Desirable: IBM Db2 knowledge
- Desirable: Experience supporting large-scale financial services or enterprise mainframe estates
- Desirable: Experience working within highly regulated environments
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Broadcom Datacom databases within IBM z/OS environments
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve Datacom database and platform issues
- Perform database backup, recovery, restore, and administration activities
- Analyse and optimise database and query performance
- Support Datacom patching, maintenance, upgrades, and validation activities
- Provide technical consultancy and support to application and infrastructure teams
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes
- Maintain operational procedures and technical documentation
- Ensure service stability across critical production environments
Technologies
- IBM
- IBM Db2
- Support
- JCL
More
We are seeking a Mainframe Datacom Engineer to provide hands-on support for a large-scale enterprise mainframe environment. This specialist DBA/System Programming role focuses on supporting, maintaining, optimising, and administering an existing Datacom platform, with the successful candidate expected to take ownership of business-as-usual activities and work with minimal supervision. The position is remote, offers a rate of £550–£570 per day inside IR35, and requires Mexico-aligned business hours.
last updated 46 week of 2026