{"id":3059956,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator","title":"Mainframe DB2 CDC Database Administrator","company":{"id":91,"name":"Kyndryl","domain":"kyndryl.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kyndryl","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":117,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.581,"repost_share":0.009,"time_to_fill_p50_days":35,"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"}},"role":"Enterprise Apps","role_family":"Enterprise Apps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chennai, India","Hyderabad, India","Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":15500,"max_usd":36000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_cell","sample_n":67},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Apache Kafka","optional":false},{"name":"AutoGen","optional":false},{"name":"Db2","optional":false},{"name":"IMS","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Oracle","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-14","last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T13:00:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"Who We Are\nAt Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.\nThe Role\nYour Role\nIn this role, you will play a key part in administering and supporting Mainframe DB2 and CDC environments, managing database operations, configuring and maintaining CDC replication solutions, ensuring data integrity, optimizing system performance, troubleshooting replication issues, and supporting high-availability data replication across enterprise platforms.\n\nWhat you will Do\nAdminister and support IBM Db2 for z/OS databases in a large-scale mainframe environment.\nConfigure, monitor, and maintain CDC (Change Data Capture) replication solutions to enable real-time data movement across platforms.\nEnsure data integrity, consistency, and availability throughout replication and database operations.\nMonitor and optimize Db2 and CDC performance, identifying and resolving system bottlenecks and replication latency issues.\nTroubleshoot and resolve database, replication, and connectivity incidents to meet service level objectives.\nPerform database maintenance activities, including backup, recovery, migration, upgrades, and patch management.\nSupport high availability and disaster recovery strategies for mission-critical Db2 environments.\nYour Future at Kyndryl\nEvery position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career, from Junior Administrator to Architect. We have training and upskilling programs that you won’t find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and the chance to certify in all four major platforms. One of the benefits of Kyndryl is that we work with customers in a variety of industries, from banking to retail. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here.\nWho You Are\nYou’re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important - you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused - someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you’re open and borderless - naturally inclusive in how you work with others.\nRequired Technical and Professional Expertise\n8+ years of experience in administering and supporting Mainframe z/OS, IBM DB2, and IMS databases, including database structure administration, utility management, performance optimization, and database maintenance activities across enterprise environments.\nAnalyze and troubleshoot IMS and DB2 batch job failures, ensuring timely resolution and root cause identification.\nPerform DB2 and IMS structure backfill, database refreshes, and recovery activities across non-production and production environments.\nExecute tablespace and index reorganizations, space reclamation, performance tuning, and capacity management initiatives.\nReview and optimize SQL queries and access paths, improving database performance and reducing resource consumption.\nCreate and manage change tickets, supporting end-to-end implementation from development through production deployment.\nMonitor DB2/IMS health check jobs, tablespace status, database objects, and perform object alterations using DB2 commands as required.\nSupport IMS administration activities including DBD changes, ACBGEN, DELGEN, AUTOGEN, DBRC registration, backup/recovery, reporting, documentation, and knowledge transfer initiatives.\nPreferred Technical and Professional Experience\n3+ years of experience in MF DB2 CDC Database Administration with expertise in IBM IIDR/Change Data Capture (CDC), replication monitoring, subscription management, and troubleshooting replication issues.\nHands-on experience in monitoring and maintaining CDA subscriptions, performing subscription refreshes, schema modifications, and ensuring seamless data synchronization between source and target databases.\nProficient in creating replication SQLs for DB2 tables, managing TOAD Oracle environments, and developing IMS structural queries for Kafka-based data replication.\nStrong Enterprise Linux administration skills with proven ability to create and maintain technical documentation for installations, upgrades, operational procedures, and support processes.\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to logically diagnose and resolve complex replication and database-related issues.\nBeing You\nThe “Kyn” in Kyndryl means kinship, which represents the strong bonds we have with each other, our customers and our communities. We focus on ensuring all Kyndryls feel included and we welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We believe in growth, and we’re excited to see what you can bring. At Kyndryl, employee feedback has told us that our number one driver of employee engagement is belonging. That sense of belonging - being a valued, respected, trusted member of the team - is fundamental to our culture and fueling great experiences for our customers. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you the ability to thrive and contribute to our culture of empathy and shared success. That’s The Kyndryl Way.\nWhat You Can Expect\nYour career with us isn’t just a job-it’s an adventure with purpose. We offer a dynamic, hybrid-friendly culture that supports your well-being and empowers you to grow. Our Be Well programs are thoughtfully designed to support your financial, mental, physical, and social health-because we know that when you feel your best, you do your best. \nFrom your very first day, you’ll dive into impactful work that powers the systems our customers rely on every day. You won’t just contribute-you’ll make a difference, tackling meaningful projects that sharpen your skills and fuel your growth.\nWe’re here to champion your journey. With powerful tools to chart your career path, personalized development goals aligned with your ambitions, and continuous feedback to keep you inspired and on track, you’ll have everything you need to thrive and evolve. You’ll develop in-demand skills to grow your career and achieve your ambitions with access to cutting-edge learning opportunities-from certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon to coaching and hands-on experiences. And through it all, you’ll be part of a culture that values empathy, restless learning, and a devotion to shared success. \nWe want you to thrive here-and we’re committed to helping you do just that. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help shape what’s next.\nGet Referred!\nIf you know someone that works at Kyndryl, when asked ‘How Did You Hear About Us’ during the application process, select ‘Employee Referral’ and enter your contact's Kyndryl email address.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7257,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Infrastructure & Networking Services","Managed IT Services (MSP)","Systems Integrators","Cloud Consulting & Migration"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T05:50:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.627,"p_room":1,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T16:58:02Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":25710,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":91},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=91"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fkyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fkyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fkyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/kyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fkyndryl-mainframe-db2-cdc-database-administrator"}]}