Core Enterprise Platform
Job description
Role-Core Enterprise Platform
Key skills-Dynatrace, Grafana, Jenkins, Splunk
Location UK Sheffield
Mode-FTE 6-12 months
Key Responsibilities
1Strategic Technical Leadership Governance
Platform Vision Define the longterm roadmap for IBM Z and IBM I ensuring infrastructure remains resilient and aligned with business growth
Lifecycle Management Oversee the endtoend lifecycle of core systems ensuring internal engineering principles are applied from initial build to daytoday operations
Technical Authority Serve as the primary advisor to the CTOi bridging the gap between platform complexities and executive business goals
2Platform Resiliency Risk Management
Operational Excellence Lead the continuous improvement of operational resiliency Architect and govern highavailability frameworks including Parallel Sysplex GDPS Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex for IBM Z and PowerHA clusters DB2 Mirror for IBM I
Proactive Risk Mitigation Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks through deepdive system health checks vulnerability assessments and predictive performance modelling
Disaster Recovery DR Strategy Design and test robust DR strategies eg Cyber Vault Metro Mirror to ensure nearzero RTORPO for missioncritical workloads
Incident PostMortems Lead the rootcause analysis RCA for major system incidents implementing architectural changes to prevent recurrence
3Strategic Adoption of Open Telemetry OTel
Standardization Design and implement Open Telemetry collectors and instrumentation patterns specifically tailored for IBM Z and IBM I workloads
FullStack Integration Enable seamless distributed tracing across hybrid paths from mobile frontends through middleware zCEE CICS MQ to DB2 and back
Metric Modernization Convert legacy SMF records and system logs into OTelcompliant metrics and traces to provide a unified single pane of glass view
Performance Engineering Collaborate with DevOps teams to build realtime dashboards that correlate IBM Z and IBM I telemetry with distributed cloud services
4Everything as Code Strategy IaC CaC PaC
Infrastructure as Code IaC Drive the transition to softwaredefined infrastructure using Terraform or zOS Cloud Broker for containerized workload
Configuration as Code CaC Manage OS parameters and middleware zCEE CICS DB2 MQ via versioncontrolledYAMLJSON files orchestrated through zOSMF and Ansible
Policy as Code PaC Programmatically enforce security audit and compliance policies eg RACF to ensure automated governance across the hybrid stack
5Security QuantumSafe FutureProofing
QuantumSafe Transition Lead the migration to QuantumSafe Cryptography QSC protecting data against future quantum threats using latticebased algorithms
CryptoAgility Architect systems that allow for rapid updates to cryptographic providers without disrupting core business logic
PUBLIC
Pervasive Encryption Oversee implementation of IBM Z Pervasive Encryption to ensure 100 data protection
6AI Adoption Workload Optimization
GenAI Agentic AI Lead the integration of Generative AI eg Watsonx Code Assistant for code refactoring and deploy Agentic AI autonomous agents for intelligent system operations
Hybrid Cloud Strategy Optimize workload placement using Red Hat OpenShift across onpremises and public cloud environments
Technical Expertise Tooling Mastery
1Core Platforms Engineering Depth
IBM Z Deeplevel expertise in zOS parallel sysplex GDPS WLM CF structures USS and RMFSMF performance analysis
IBM I Comprehensive mastery of IBM I objects Integrated File System IFS and PowerHA clusters
2OpenTelemetry Observability Stack
OTel Specification Deep understanding of the Open Telemetry Protocol OTLP including the design and configuration of OTel Collectors receivers processors and exporters
Distributed Tracing Experience with context propagation W3C Trace Context to link mainframe transactions to distributed microservices
Backend Integration Ability to export telemetry to industrystandard backends such as IBM Instana Splunk Dynatrace Elastic or GrafanaPrometheus
Middleware Mastery Handson experience with zCEE CICS DB2 and MQ You should understand how to enable trace propagation across these subsystems using OTelcompatible headers
3QuantumSafe Encryption Modern Security
PQC PostQuantum Cryptography Knowledge of implementing QuantumSafe APIs and algorithms like CrystalsKyber available on the IBM z16 and modern Power systems
Pervasive Encryption Expertlevel ability to implement Dataset and File System encryption with zero impact on application logic
Zero Trust Architecture Architecting Least Privilege access systems and ensuring endtoend encryption of data using ATTLS or TLS 13
4Modern Tooling Open Platform Integration
DevOps Orchestration Mastery of GitHub ActionsEnterprise Jenkins and Ansible for crossplatform CICD
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Dynatrace, Grafana, Jenkins, Splunk