Database Administrator – DB2

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide support, maintenance, and improvement of database environments across diverse business applications and platforms.

• Execute database administration, maintenance, and support for DB2 database environments.

• Install, configure, upgrade, and sustain database software on AIX and UNIX systems.

• Design, modify, troubleshoot, and run SQL, DDL, and DML scripts.

• Establish and manage database objects, including tables, constraints, triggers, views, stored procedures, functions, and packages.

• Analyze, troubleshoot, modify, and test UNIX shell scripts.

• Create and uphold database deployment scripts for development, testing, and production environments.

• Collaborate with application development, technical support, configuration management, and database operations teams.

• Provide continuous production database support and resolve issues as they arise.

• Assist in ensuring database availability, stability, and reliability.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

• Capability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.

• Must complete a pre-employment credit check as mandated by the Customer.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience; Associate’s Degree and 10 years of experience; Master’s Degree and 6 years of experience; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience.

• Experience in administering and supporting IBM DB2 database environments.

• Proficiency in DB2 database installation, configuration, upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

• Understanding of relational database concepts and structures.

• Proficient in SQL, including DDL, DML, and SQL statements.

• Experience in creating, modifying, and managing database objects, including tables, constraints, views, indexes, triggers, stored procedures, and packages.

• Basic familiarity with database development concepts and SQL/PL/SQL programming.

• Proficient knowledge of UNIX or AIX environments and shell scripting.

• Ability to perform database administration tasks, including maintenance, troubleshooting, and software installation.

• Understanding of database deployment processes and the capacity to develop and execute deployment scripts across various environments.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting databases within AIX and UNIX operating systems.

• Preferred: Skill in writing and maintaining SQL and PL/SQL scripts.

• Preferred: Experience with database performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.

• Preferred: Familiarity with database change management, release management, and deployment processes.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting production databases in an enterprise setting.

• Preferred: Knowledge of database backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts.

• Preferred: Experience collaborating with application development teams and supporting moderately complex software applications.

• Preferred: Familiarity with enterprise operational procedures, change controls, and risk management practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Health savings account.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Parental leave.

• 401(k).

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Potential overtime eligibility.

• Potential shift differential.

• Discretionary bonus eligibility.