Platform Owner DB2

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Job Ref:

PE011649/LM

Date posted:

Friday, July 3, 2026

Location:

South Africa, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related Monthly

SUMMARY:
Job purpose:
The DB2MVS Platform Owner is responsible for the overall ownership, stability, security, performance, and strategic direction of the Db2 for z/OS platform, ensuring effective governance and collaboration across stakeholders.

Job responsibilities:

Own the 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 blueprints 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 company 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

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred qualification:

IT Related Degree or Diploma

Preferred certifications:

Platform Specific Certifications

Minimum experience level:

8–10+ years experience in DB2 for z/OS in enterprise, including ownership, governance and design assurance responsibilities
Owning a critical production DB2 environment
Working across multiple mainframe domains
Being accountable for:
Platform stability
Standards compliance
Production readiness

POSITION INFO:
Job purpose:
The DB2MVS Platform Owner is responsible for the overall ownership, stability, security, performance, and strategic direction of the Db2 for z/OS platform, ensuring effective governance and collaboration across stakeholders.

Job responsibilities:

Own the 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 blueprints 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 company 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

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred qualification:

IT Related Degree or Diploma

Preferred certifications:

Platform Specific Certifications

Minimum experience level:

8–10+ years experience in DB2 for z/OS in enterprise, including ownership, governance and design assurance responsibilities
Owning a critical production DB2 environment
Working across multiple mainframe domains
Being accountable for:
Platform stability
Standards compliance
Production readiness

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