Senior Infrastructure Specialist - zDatabase IMS Sysprog

As a Senior Infrastructure Specialist, you'll be responsible for the development, implementation, support and continuous improvement of IMS and Datacom services across our zMainframe estate.
Working within the Core Infrastructure z Mainframe team, you'll provide deep technical expertise, ensuring the reliability, performance and security of critical database and transaction processing environments. You'll also support strategic programmes, infrastructure change initiatives and operational excellence activities while helping to develop the strategic direction of our mainframe platforms.
This position provides the chance to contribute within a cooperative, expert group setting where exchanging knowledge, creativity, and ongoing development are strongly supported.
What you'll be doing
Delivering technical direction and expert insight for IMS and Datacom technologies within the zMainframe environment.
Crafting, implementing, maintaining and improving infrastructure services in line with Group standards, policies and architectural principles.
Ensuring systems remain secure, available, resilient and performant, meeting agreed service levels and operational objectives.
Supporting infrastructure projects, platform upgrades and technology refresh activities from planning through to implementation.
Investigating and resolving complex incidents and problems, identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions.
Participating in an on-call rota and providing out-of-hours support when required.
Collaborating with infrastructure, engineering, architecture and application teams to deliver reliable and scalable services.
Finding opportunities for automation, optimisation and continuous improvement across the platform estate.
Contributing to technical documentation, standards, knowledge sharing and mentoring activities.

Extensive background as an IMS Systems Programmer in a z/OS Mainframe setting.
Demonstrated experience in installing, configuring, supporting, and maintaining IMS and Datacom products.
Experience supporting large-scale, business-critical production environments.
Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills with experience managing complex technical incidents.
Knowledge of mainframe operational practices, change management and service management processes.
Experience working within highly regulated or enterprise-scale environments.
Effective communication and collaborator management skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
A proactive approach and passion for delivering resilient, high-quality infrastructure services.

And any experience of these would be great
Datacom Admin experience for z/OS
Knowledge of automation, scripting or infrastructure optimisation techniques.
Experience supporting modernisation initiatives involving mainframe platforms.
Understanding of broader z/OS infrastructure components and associated technologies.

Lloyds Banking Group is transforming banking's future and running some of the most critical and advanced technology platforms in the sector. We're looking for a Senior Infrastructure Specialist - zDatabase IMS Systems Programmer to become part of our z Mainframe lab in Core Infrastructure. You will support and develop our business-critical zSeries platform services., If you're passionate about mainframe technology and want to help shape the future of critical banking infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you'll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
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