Mainframe Database Systems Programmer Full Time

Edinburgh, Midlothian
Lloyds Banking Group

Salary : £48,784 to £79,274 per annum (depending on experience), plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Location: Edinburgh; London; Bristol or Manchester

Who?

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers, so we have a big responsibility to help Britain prosper.

The world is changing at pace and our ambitious £3bn strategy is responding with the foundations of having already built a market-leading digital bank.

It’s the role of our Chief Information Office (CIO) to provide the backbone infrastructure upon which this bank operates.

And with 789 software systems and 26,000 servers we’re servicing 80,000 colleagues, 30m+ customers and over 14m+ online users you can be confident our IT professionals have sizeable and exciting challenges every single day.

Could you help us make this possible?

As a Mainframe Database systems Programmer with us you’ll enjoy a hands-on role where you’ll configure and maintain products and services according to our Group standards and policies (and to agreed service levels) and will assist with the delivery of projects within these environments – this includes occasional out of hours (well compensated).

Additionally, you’ll provide technical support (including incident and problem resolution for systems and processes in our complex environments)

Here’s what you’ll be focusing on:

Supporting and implementing changes to our z/ Database estates within LBG as required.

Resolving incidents and problems across the LBG estate in line with LBG KPI’s.

Attending WAR room/ conference calls with incident management and technical teams to restore services.

Providing 24×7 support and support for projects as required.

Working effectively with the wider zSeries Mainframe tower in order to deliver the smooth transition of projects into live service.

Providing consultancy skills to Application teams as required.

What we’ll be looking for in you:

The ability to collaborate with key partners and communicate technical issues and concepts in an appropriate manner.

Highly motivated and supportive/ teammate with a strong delivery ethic, willing to work unsociable hours when required and at short notice to support incidents and delivery of key projects.

You’ll be able to recognise and drive through service improvements related to products and processes across the zDatabase Platforms.

Lead the Sign-off that solution/ service is fit for Production environment as part of Gateway, working collaboratively with the project teams to ensure an efficient handover

Working with security teams to maintain and deliver the Bank’s strategy in regards to access within mainframe database products

Provide 24×7 support and provide out of hours support for projects and other team workload as required.

Experience of commercial and organisational awareness and working with 3rd Parties.

We’ll need to see your experience with:

Experience of database performance tuning and diagnosis.

Proven ability to work with key stakeholders and communicate technical issues and concepts in an appropriate manner.

Highly motivated and supportive/ team player with a strong delivery ethic, willing to work unsociable hours when required and at short notice to support incidents and delivery of key projects.

Proven ability to recognise and drive through improvements related to products and processes across the z/ Database Platform.

Manage the Sign-off that solution/ service is fit for Production environment as part of Gateway, working effectively with the wider team to ensure an efficient handover to support

Expert DB2 knowledge on the z/ platform

Knowledge BMC utilities and DB2 V11 / V12 features an advantage

Strong delivery experience ideally operating in varied IT environments or companies

Demonstrable experience of commercial and organisational awareness and working with 3rd Parties.

Desirable Knowledge:

Experience with Datacom or IMS

And in return

This is a fantastic area of the bank, full of down-to-earth, passionate people.

We work hybrid working patterns (1-2 days from any of the listed hubs). We believe that a healthy work/ life balance is as important as the work we deliver, just let us know what might work for you

We’re also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process.

We’re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.