Hiring: Lead Mainframe z/OS Db2 SRE Company: MetLife Location: Cary, NC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 17:59:42 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Mainframe, z/OS, Db2, Site Reliability Engineering, SRE, Mainframe Modernization, Automation, AI, CI/CD, Performance Tuning, SMF, RMF, ITSM, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, BCP, SQL Optimization, Database Architecture Experience: - Extensive expertise in mainframe technologies with a proven history of leading complex, enterprise-wide mainframe modernization projects - Experience providing technical leadership and guidance to mainframe development, operations, and modernization teams - Proven experience resolving z/OS Db2 related incidents during troubleshooting - Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, application developers, and infrastructure teams to identify requirements and deliver innovative, cost-effective mainframe solutions - Experience evaluating emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and modernization of mainframe platforms Required Skills: - Architecture, design, and implementation of mainframe solutions supporting business goals and technology strategy - Performance tuning of z/OS Db2 subsystems and z/OS Db2 databases - Developing self-service on-demand automation for DDL and DML requests - CI/CD pipelines to deploy database changes - Reviewing SMF & RMF performance telemetry data and application traces to suggest SQL statement improvements and physical database design changes - Establishing and enforcing best practices, standards, and architectural governance for mainframe environments - Developing and maintaining architectural documentation, roadmaps, and blueprints for mainframe systems - Ensuring high availability, security, and performance of z/OS Db2 subsystems and databases - Participating in ITSM processes such as Release/Change approvals, Incident/Problem resolution - Designing and assisting in automation of Mainframe resilience, BCP tests, and recovery of data from safeguarded copies - Establishing new Mainframe in-take and change processes considering new workloads - Partnering with enterprise architects and technology leaders to define and implement enterprise-wide technology strategies Qualifications: - Highly skilled and forward-thinking individual with extensive mainframe expertise - Strategic vision for IT transformation - Ability to bridge the gap between reliability of legacy systems and demands of future-ready solutions - Strong collaboration and leadership capabilities Compensation: Not specified Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!