Lead Mainframe zDBSRE

Position: Lead Mainframe zDB2 SRE
Working Schedule
    
    Full-Time
    
    Work Arrangement
    
    Virtual
    
    Travel Required
    
    10%
    
    Relocation Assistance Available
    
    No
    
    Grade
    
    12T
    
    Posted Date
    
    25-Sep-2026
    
    Job
    
    20791

Description and Requirements
    The Team You Will Join When you join Met Life’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments.

In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.

The Opportunity Met Life  is seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Lead Mainframe z/OS Db2 Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic Mainframe & Integration Technology team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise to bridge the gap between the reliability of legacy systems and the demands of future-ready solutions, driving the modernization and optimization of our mainframe  this leadership position, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, and directing the modernization and optimization of Met Life's mainframe database systems to ensure they are reliable, scalable, and fully aligned with our evolving business goals.

Design and assist in the automation of Mainframe resilience, BCP tests and the recovery of data from safe guarded copies. The ideal candidate will bring extensive expertise in mainframe technologies, a strategic vision for IT transformation, and a proven history of successfully leading complex, enterprise-wide mainframe modernization projects.

Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and guidance to mainframe development, operations, and modernization teams.  Assist in developing self-service on-demand automation for DDL and DML requests.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, application developers, and infrastructure teams to identify requirements and deliver innovative, cost-effective mainframe solutions. Ensure high availability, security, and performance of z/OS Db2 subsystems and database by constantly reviewing relevant SMF & RMF performance telemetry data and appropriate application traces with application stakeholders and suggesting SQL statement improvements and physical database design changes.

Stay current with emerging AI technologies and assess their applicability to modernizing mainframe platforms and processes.

Proven experience resolving z/OS Db2 related incidents during troubleshooting

Partner with enterprise architects and other technology leaders to define and implement enterprise-wide technology strategies.

Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related field experience.
7+ years of experience in mainframe engineering, with strong experience in service delivery, engineering, or architecture. Expertise in IBM z/OS Db2 and related mainframe technologies.

Demonstrated experience with mainframe modernization, integration, and migration projects.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cloud integration, Dev Ops, zLinux, Open Shift and automation in mainframe environments. (Red Hat Ansible for IBM Z Collections, Ansible, Python)   Knowledge of hybrid IT architectures and emerging technology trends.
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