Lead Mainframe DB2 Database Administrator

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $111.7k - $189.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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FIS

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10,000+ employees

💳 Fintech

🏦 Banking

🤝 B2B

💰 $8G Post IPO debt on 2025-05

Fintech • Banking • B2B

FIS is a global financial technology company that provides payments, banking, asset management and related software and services to financial institutions, merchants and partners. Its technology powers mobile banking, processes payments and asset management transactions (the company cites processing $40 trillion on its asset management technology), accepts hundreds of payment methods across more than 125 countries, and supports banks with risk, compliance and back-office systems. FIS primarily sells enterprise-grade financial technology to other businesses and financial institutions and operates worldwide.

📋 Description

• Plans Db2 for z/OS databases, including base definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines, and protection • Ensures accuracy, completeness, and availability of data using IBM support tools • Establishes and maintains security and integrity controls • Formulates and monitors database management policies, procedures, and standards • Proposes and implements enhancements to improve system performance and reliability • Researches and resolves database issues • Tests database software, IBM utilities, and fixes in sandbox and upper environments before production rollout • Migrates tested and approved structures, utilities, and fixes to production • Develops database configurations and objects according to business requirements and standards • Collaborates with application developers and tech support to mitigate impacts and risks • Coaches less experienced DBAs • Schedules database tasks and ensures completion • Executes database recovery tasks during disaster recovery scenarios and exercises • Monitors database performance, identifies bottlenecks, and recommends corrective actions • Performs database tuning and optimization, including index rebuilding and statistics monitoring • Troubleshoots application failures with the Applications Team and supports solution implementation • Maintains operational database documentation, including disaster recovery, recovery presentation, naming standards, and performance/tuning • Assists with training and familiarization of less experienced team members • Participates in on-call rotation and occasional outages

🎯 Requirements

• Typically, Minimum 8-10 Years Relevant Exp in Db2 for z/os • Installation, customization, testing, and maintenance of database systems within a production environment • Critical thinking leading to solution-oriented approaches • Takes the initiative to work a task or issue • Operates independently who owns the task at hand • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate across technical teams and application teams • Bachelor's Degree preferred • LUW Db2 experience is a plus • Programming, operations or tech support experience is a plus • For positions located in the US, conditional offers require a drug test

🏖️ Benefits

• A voice in the future of fintech • Always-on learning and development • Collaborative work environment • Opportunities to give back • Competitive salary and benefits