Job Description:
• Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, and maintain IBM DB2 databases
• Monitor database health, availability, performance, capacity, and resource utilization
• Perform database and SQL performance tuning
• Analyze SQL execution plans and identify performance bottlenecks
• Optimize tables, indexes, queries, memory, storage, and database configurations
• Implement and manage database backup and recovery procedures
• Perform database restoration and recovery when required
• Design and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery configurations
• Perform database capacity planning and storage management
• Manage database users, roles, privileges, and access controls
• Implement database security, encryption, and auditing requirements
• Monitor database logs, jobs, utilities, and scheduled processes
• Troubleshoot database failures, locking, deadlocks, connectivity, and performance issues
• Perform root-cause analysis of production database incidents
• Support database migrations, upgrades, refreshes, and environment cloning
• Develop scripts and utilities to automate routine DBA activities
• Support application releases and production deployments from a database perspective
• Maintain database configuration documentation, SOPs, recovery procedures, and operational runbooks
• Participate in production incident, change, and problem-management processes
Requirements:
• 10+ years of hands-on IBM DB2 DBA experience
• Strong experience with DB2 LUW administration
• Strong SQL skills
• Strong experience with database performance tuning
• Experience with DB2 backup and recovery
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery
• Experience with database security, access control, and auditing
• Strong Linux/Unix skills
• Experience supporting large enterprise production databases
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis capabilities
• Experience with database monitoring and performance-management tools
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Must be a US Citizen
• IBM DB2 certification preferred
Benefits:
• Cutting-edge technology, training, and career guidance
• Opportunities to work with leading multinational clients
• Established methodologies, processes, and mentoring
• Opportunities to work with specialized services and advanced IT solutions
• Continuous learning
• Engagements involving agile development principles, methodical planning, and creative thinking
• Opportunities through a growing R&D division exploring the latest technological developments