Sr Infrastructure Engineer - Db2 for z/OS DBA (Remote)

Posted 7 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Charlotte, NC
Remote
Hybrid
92K-175K Annually
7+ Years Experience
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Information Technology • Retail • Software • Analytics • App development
Curiosity wanted. Innovation required.​​​​​​​
The Role
The Sr Infrastructure Engineer - Db2 for z/OS DBA role involves translating business requirements into technical designs for infrastructure systems, leading multiple projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining enterprise infrastructure systems. Responsibilities include database design, object creation, backup strategies, BMC utilities, SQL tuning, and resolving database issues.
Summary Generated by Built In

Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to provide consultation and technical advice on Technology infrastructure planning and engineering for assigned systems. This includes responsibility for translating business requirements and functional specifications into technical requirements and delivering integrated and sustainable designs for designated infrastructure systems.
This role supports multiple, somewhat complex projects across areas simultaneously, often leading one or more project independently. This includes collaboration with cross-functional partners as well as senior leadership.
This role is expected to support multiple platforms within a single infrastructure engineering domain (e.g., network, storage, platform, database, middleware, mainframe).
What you will do

  • Translates requirements and functional specifications into technical requirements that support integrated and sustainable designs for designated infrastructure systems
  • Collaborates with architects and engineers to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable system designs
  • Provides consultation and technical advice on IT infrastructure planning and engineering for assigned systems; assesses the implications of Technology strategies on infrastructure capabilities
  • Writes, reviews, and validates clear technical specifications and documentation
  • Develops or modifies infrastructure solutions within designated computing environments while offering guidance and mentorship to more junior team members
  • Develops and validates system design prototypes, ensuring system designs adhere to company architecture standards
  • Leads the building of hardware and/or software configurations and prepares system components for installation to the infrastructure
  • Develops, validates, and executes infrastructure tests to identify system errors and ensure solutions meet functional specifications
  • Leads effort to deliver the validation and testing of components of larger infrastructure systems and revises key system components based on test results as appropriate
  • Leads the implementation and maintenance of assigned enterprise infrastructure systems to ensure successful deployment and operation; develops and documents detailed standards (e.g., guidelines, processes, procedures) for the introduction and maintenance of services
  • Collaborates with Technology partners to help define and understand target strategies
  • Evaluates new service options, identifies issues and impacts, and makes recommendations on feasibility and ROI
  • Provides post-implementation support, making system enhancements as needed
  • Estimates resource requirements for technical design and testing efforts, develops system support plans, schedules, and assignments, and manages project components and schedules while mitigating project risks as appropriate
  • Provides mentoring and guidance to more junior level engineers; may provide feedback and direction on specific engineering tasks
  • Physical database design
  • Create and Alter Db2 objects like Databases, Tablespaces, Tables, Indexes etc.
  • Planning and Implementing Backup and Recovery strategies
  • Extensive knowledge of BMC utilities including Unload, Load, Copy, Reorg, Runstats
  • Experience maintaining large tablespaces including UTS
  • Deep knowledge of SQL tuning
  • Significant experience fixing production and test database issues
  • Program REXX tools to simplify/automate database administration activities
  • Ability to analyze processes and make recommendations to improve concurrency


Required Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)• 5 years of experience in an IT support environment with technical experience in distributed technologies and systems development• 2 years of infrastructure engineering experience working across multiple domains, platforms, or specialty areas • 2 years of experience leading projects with or without direct reports
Preferred Qualifications• Master's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field
• Mainframe Db2 Database Administrator with 12 years of experience in Information Technology
• 10 years of experience in Design, Implementation, Maintenance and Support of various Db2 databases on z/OS.• 2 years of work experience in an IT role requiring interaction with senior management (i.e., Director level or higher)• 3 years of experience working in a large matrixed organization• 3 years of experience working with third party IT vendors and/or systems solution providers • 3 years of experience writing technical documentation in an infrastructure development environment • 3 years of IT experience in the retail industry
About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Pay Range: $92,300.00 - $175,400.00 annually
Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit our benefits page .
Lowe's hourly remote associates cannot reside in Alaska, California or Hawaii. Lowe's salaried remote associates cannot reside in Alaska or Hawaii.
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with applicable laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.
Lowe's believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property, assets, information and products; partnering, supervising, and regularly working with other Lowe's employees; and adhering to and monitoring compliance and safety guidelines.
Pay Range: $92,300.00 - $175,400.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.

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What We Do

It’s curious to think of innovation and stability co-existing. But we pair a 100-year track record of success with a hunger to do things differently. Everyone is in the work — tackling complex problems where your impact can build back or build up the communities we serve.

We fill our halls with curious minds from all walks of life. Our differences make us stronger, which is why our leaders build cultures of recognition and inclusion. You are heard, and your curiosities are celebrated and championed here.

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