Senior Database Administrator – QREP

November 25

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Ensono

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Cloud Services • IT Services • Managed Services

Ensono is a managed service provider and expert technology advisor focused on enabling clients to navigate complex IT environments. Ensono offers services including mainframe-as-a-service, cloud migration, and IT infrastructure management, with a strong emphasis on modernizing legacy systems and optimizing IT operations. The company is recognized for its flexibility and allyship, providing businesses with the ability to adapt and evolve through solutions like Ensono Flex®. It specializes in both mainframe and cloud solutions, holding competency in AWS mainframe modernization and is a global Azure Expert MSP. Ensono acts as an ally, helping companies achieve better business outcomes through IT innovation and strategic technology advisement.

1001 - 5000 employees

📋 Description

• Provide DB2 Data Replication support and services to Ensono clients as it relates to Mainframe and LUW DB2 systems through product implementation and deployment. • Work on QREP - start, stop, create, drop or alter the MQueues, Subscriptions, Publications, QMAPS and stop or start Capture and Apply process as needed. • Expertise and work efforts will focus on the development and support and/or the customization of new services and support efforts. • The individual will need to work with vendor personnel to achieve timely solutions of database replication problems. • Fulfill client requests and change orders for mainframe z/OS clients in a timely manner as they pertain to Q Replication. • Provide primary support for reported problems related to client QREP issues. • Provide support on 24 x 7 x 365 basis across multiple time zones and participate in on-call responsibilities. • Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired clients such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date. • In joint cooperation with the Disaster Recovery Services, successfully execute tasks associated with any given client’s disaster recovery plans. • Follow ITSM change control procedures.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience. • 10 years of professional experience in QREP DB2 for administration and application support. • Administrating and supporting databases as QREP DBA on Mainframe DB2 and LUW DB2. • Support multiple DB2 subsystems simultaneously. • Experience in Replication setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting. • Supporting client and internal requests for building all types of DB2 objects. • Analyzing new versions of DB2 for functionality that can improve client’s systems. • Refreshing test data for whole environments. • Supporting DB2 security requests. • Review DB2 security to find potential risks. • Reorganization of application data. • Vendor consultations for problems and questions. • Space calculations for new objects and environments. • Reviewing, tuning of internal DB2 buffer pools and SQL code. • DR recovery of application objects. • Experience solving issues related to MQ subscriptions, capture and apply process.

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off • Three health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield • 401k with company match • Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts • Paid Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Sabbatical Leave • Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding • Enhanced fertility coverage • Wellness program • Flexible work schedule • Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers