We are seeking an experienced DB2 Database Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise-level DB2 LUW environments. The role involves overseeing database upgrades, performance tuning, high availability setups, and vendor coordination, while ensuring reliability and scalability of mission-critical systems.
Key Responsibilities
- DB2 LUW Management: Administer DB2 versions 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5.
- Database Upgrades: Perform version upgrades and patch updates.
- Health Monitoring: Conduct regular checks using Reorgchk, reorg, runstats, and backups.
- Database Recovery: Execute restores including redirected restore via TSM and disk-level backups.
- Performance Monitoring: Utilize db2top, per stats, AppDynamics, and DBI tools.
- Database Migration: Lead migrations from AIX to Linux using db2look, db2move, and DB admin move.
- Automation & Scripting: Develop automation with shell scripting, Git, Ansible, and Jenkins.
- High Availability Setup: Configure DB2 HADR/TSA for high availability.
- Capacity Planning: Conduct performance testing and capacity planning.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate across DTP for on-prem Enterprise Technology Database services.
- Vendor Management: Coordinate with vendors (Unisys, Cenitex, contractors) for infrastructure support.
- Incident & Change Management: Represent Enterprise Database changes in CAB meetings.
- Inventory Management: Maintain infrastructure and DB inventory, ensuring smooth vendor and stakeholder coordination.
- Cost Optimization: Oversee server decommissioning and specification optimization.
- Monitoring Improvements: Drive initiatives to enhance monitoring and alerting systems.
Qualifications
- Proven experience with DB2 LUW administration across multiple versions.
- Strong knowledge of database recovery, migration, and high availability solutions.
- Hands‐on expertise with performance monitoring tools and automation frameworks.
- Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills.
- Familiarity with ITIL processes including incident, change, and capacity management.
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