Platform Owner (DB2MVS Database)

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

REQ 136426 - Keabetswe Modise

Location: Sandton

Closing Date: 15 May 2025

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

IT Operations

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Technical

Job Purpose

Own the DB2MVS Database platform and provide technical platform support for IT Operations, also manage it as part of an end-to-end customer experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the DB2MVS Database platform end-to-end including:
• Platform governance, platform lifecycle, strategic direction, deployment of new services and,
• Platform availability and stability
• Work with the infrastructure integrators to ensure that designs and blue-prints incorporate best practices
• Approve all designs and blueprints specific to the platform domain
• Identify, prioritise and implement platform improvement opportunities
• Responsible for the overall service definition and delivery
• Work across platform domains to coordinate and ensure that the platform is correctly integrated, implemented and monitored
• Evaluate non-functional requirements
• Establish good vendor relationships with regards to strategic direction and support of platform
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.)
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Essential Certifications

• DB2 Database certified

Preferred Qualifications

• IT Related Degree or Diploma
• Platform certification
• Cloud / AI certification

Minimum Experience Level

• 15 years Platform Specific experience on IBM Mainframe
• 15 years technical operational IT experience in db2mvs database support
• 5 – 10 years DB2MVS Database Technical Team Leader experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Networking
• Storage area network infrastructure
• Database Knowledge including in-depth understanding of DB2MVS with 15 years technical database administrator experience.
  • Database administration and maintenance
  • Performance tuning at database and query level
  • Database optimisation and improvements
  • Team management as a technical leader
• IT Risk and security principles
• Disaster Recovery & Business continuity standards
• Information systems and technology

Behavioural Competencies

• Technical thought leadership
• Team leader 
• Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Decision Making
• Building Partnerships
• Managing Work
• Influencing
• Work Standards
• Continuous Learning