DB2 Database Administrator - Dublin, United States - Gravity IT Resources

Description

We are seeking an experienced and detail oriented DB2 Database Administrator to join our client's dynamic information technology organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Mainframe DB2 development and assist with the implementation of new tools.

Responsibilities:

• Design, create, implement, maintain, tune and support DB2/UDB databases on UNIX and z/OS preferred.
• Create and Monitor JCL jobs for management and monitoring preferred.
• Provide DBA support for all IMS tools including BMC (preferred)
• Create tables/indexes and promote to various subsystems, including production using BMC change manager preferred.
• Execute effective processes for database backup, recovery and maintenance utilities preferred.

Qualifications:

• and Experience:
• Bachelors degree in computer science or a related technical field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with DB2 catalogs, tables spaces, and indexing strategies.
• Familiarity with measurement of database performance, capacity monitoring, and tuning processes.
• 1+ years of combined in-depth experience with operating system architecture, design, concepts, analysis, networking and/or cloud systems
• 1+ years of experience designing and developing software oriented towards systems or network automation.
• Demonstrated familiarity with DevOps and SRE practices.
• Experience designing enterprise systems incorporating the appropriate balance of performance, cost, availability, redundancy, fault tolerance, availability, security and other factors.
• Experience analyzing and troubleshooting systems.

Technical Skills and Knowledge:

• Thorough knowledge of software monitoring with a basic understanding of the following:
• DB2/UDB databases hosted on Unix or z/OS
• DB2 catalogs, tables spaces, and Indexing strategies
• JCL job management and monitoring
• DBA support for all Information Management Systems (IMS)