Senior Infrastructure Specialist - zDatabase IMS Sysprog

Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• 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 stakeholder 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver technical direction and expert insight for IMS and Datacom technologies within the zMainframe environment.
• Craft, implement, maintain, and improve infrastructure services in line with Group standards, policies, and architectural principles.
• Ensure systems remain secure, available, resilient, and performant, meeting agreed service levels and operational objectives.
• Support infrastructure projects, platform upgrades, and technology refresh activities from planning through to implementation.
• Investigate and resolve complex incidents and problems, identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions.
• Participate in an on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support when required.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, engineering, architecture, and application teams to deliver reliable and scalable services.
• Find opportunities for automation, optimisation, and continuous improvement across the platform estate.
• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, knowledge sharing, and mentoring activities.

Technologies:

• IMS
• Support
• Security

More:

We are Lloyds Banking Group, transforming bankings future and running some of the most critical and advanced technology platforms in the sector. This is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist – zDatabase IMS Sysprog role within our Core Infrastructure z Mainframe team, based in Manchester or Edinburgh. We offer a hybrid working pattern with at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in the office, along with flexible working options including job share. The role is full-time, 35 hours per week, and sits within a cooperative expert team where knowledge sharing, creativity, and ongoing development are strongly supported. We are investing in our people, data, and technology, and we offer a wide-ranging benefits package including a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual performance-related bonus, share schemes including free shares, adaptable lifestyle benefits such as discounted shopping, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies. We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and building a workplace where everyone can thrive, learn, and develop, while helping our 28 million customers and supporting Britain to prosper.

last updated 39 week of 2026