Job Description

Job Type                 :         Contract

Contract length    :       06 Months

Pay Rate                 :         $ 54.10– 71.42 /Hr

 Remote Job Description:

• Database Administrator should be very strong working knowledge of IBM DB2 Purescale cluster from Operational/Systems DBA to setup and support IBM DB2 LUW databases on AIX platform. Experience with Netezza, Sailfish appliances is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or equivalent work experience.
• Looking for a Purescale SME, with hands on working experience in setting up and managing Purescale clusters.
• In depth knowledge of the DB2 LUW architecture of EE.
• Experienced in installing, configuring and upgrading DB2 LUW databases and Purescale clusters.
• Experience in configuring and supporting Tier-1 mission critical databases as a systems/infrastructure DBA.
• In-depth knowledge of operating system AIX and hands on working experiences on AIX.
• Good knowledge of capacity planning and architecture design for database server deployment.
• Troubleshooting Purescale cluster issues, working with IBM opening PMR’s to resolve issues.
• Proven experience in working in a mission critical environment in a multi-terabyte database platform, including Enterprise Data Warehouses (EEE).
• Good understanding of data warehouse concepts including data marts and data lakes.
• Perform routine maintenance on several database environments including application of updates, patches, and hotfixes
• Creating databases, migrating database objects from non-production to production environment.
• Designing and building data models, schemas, views, and tables to support application requirements
• Working knowledge of Database Security mechanism, data encryption, obfuscation, auditing using tools such as Guardium.
• Extensive experience designing and executing backup and recovery concepts and procedures
• Measure database performance and troubleshoot complex database issues, I/O bottlenecks, SQL Tuning/
• Experience in using Splunk and other event management and performance monitoring tools.
• Good understanding of licensing options and optimization.
• Experience in scripting languages (shell or python or Perl) for automating DBA administrative tasks. Ansible experience a plus.
• Experience with automation tools such as Control-M.
• Experience in implementing DB2 LUW STIG implementation, testing, and other vulnerability remediation.
• In-depth knowledge of IT industry database technologies and processes and business applications integrated with database technologies.
• Provide 24 x 7 Support to Critical production systems.
• Knowledge of Project Management Methodologies
• Experience in working closely with the application development teams to resolve any performance related issues and provide application support.
• The Senior IT Database Administrator (Senior DBA) provides consultation related to database management and administration.
• The Senior DBA’s perform detailed data flow analysis ensuring the highest levels of efficiency in database and query design in distributed data flows.
• Senior DBA’s administer database systems to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.
• The Senior DBA is responsible for maintenance, control and testing of complex databases which provide orderly methods of data storage and controlled access to data.
• Senior DBA’s also maintain complex query language for established database systems, design and execute backup and recovery schemes and implement disaster recovery procedures.
• The Senior DBA serves as a subject matter expert providing consultation to end-users and project team members on database management, query development, system requirements and database change management initiatives and providing technical guidance to other DBAs.
• Consults on database, architecture and related infrastructure technologies to all areas and levels within IT.
• Consults on exploiting opportunities involving multiple hardware and software systems, issue resolution, providing innovative business solutions, etc. to both internal and external customers and partners.
• Provides technical leadership on the implementation of leading-edge database technologies and the design and implementation of large-scale technical solutions based on business requirements.
• Develops and ensures compliance with all system, disaster recovery and security audit policies.
• Writes complex programming/scripts.
• Participate in disaster recovery design, testing and execution
• Monitor and evaluate database performance and adjust database configuration as appropriate
• Provide technical leadership to other DBAs
• Design process for database change management issues related to environment migration
• Make highly complex physical changes to current databases, often this requires working after hours
• Maintain operational documentation (e.g., procedures, task lists, architecture blueprints)
• Provide subject matter expertise to corporate projects and initiatives
• Work with users and IT partners to understand requirements for a physical database design
• Provide database consulting expertise to corporate projects and initiatives applying PMM and development life cycle concepts
• Address customer concerns and issues related to database management
• Evaluate database performance and adjust configuration appropriately
• Provide production support for outages, restore/recovery events
• Optimize implementation of system design in order to optimize performance and effectiveness while realizing the optimum technical issues.
• Other duties as assigned

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