DB2 Database Administrator – DBA

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $45 - $55 / hour

⏰ Full Time

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📀 Database Administrator

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Softthink Solutions

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2003

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Softthink Solutions is an emerging innovative IT services partner that provides end-to-end project solutions and premium class services. The company specializes in several areas including enterprise application development, cloud services, ERP, business analytics, testing & QA, artificial intelligence, DevOps, and IT infrastructure management. Softthink is recognized as a certified small business in various categories, including 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB, and has established strategic partnerships with major companies like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Their commitment to quality is demonstrated through various ISO certifications and their focus on delivering cloud modernization, cybersecurity, and analytics solutions.

📋 Description

• Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, and maintain IBM DB2 databases • Monitor database health, availability, performance, capacity, and resource utilization • Perform database and SQL performance tuning • Analyze SQL execution plans and identify performance bottlenecks • Optimize tables, indexes, queries, memory, storage, and database configurations • Implement and manage database backup and recovery procedures • Perform database restoration and recovery when required • Design and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery configurations • Perform database capacity planning and storage management • Manage database users, roles, privileges, and access controls • Implement database security, encryption, and auditing requirements • Monitor database logs, jobs, utilities, and scheduled processes • Troubleshoot database failures, locking, deadlocks, connectivity, and performance issues • Perform root-cause analysis of production database incidents • Support database migrations, upgrades, refreshes, and environment cloning • Develop scripts and utilities to automate routine DBA activities • Support application releases and production deployments from a database perspective • Maintain database configuration documentation, SOPs, recovery procedures, and operational runbooks • Participate in production incident, change, and problem-management processes

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on IBM DB2 DBA experience • Strong experience with DB2 LUW administration • Strong SQL skills • Strong experience with database performance tuning • Experience with DB2 backup and recovery • Experience with high availability and disaster recovery • Experience with database security, access control, and auditing • Strong Linux/Unix skills • Experience supporting large enterprise production databases • Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis capabilities • Experience with database monitoring and performance-management tools • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience • Must be a US Citizen • IBM DB2 certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Cutting-edge technology, training, and career guidance • Opportunities to work with leading multinational clients • Established methodologies, processes, and mentoring • Opportunities to work with specialized services and advanced IT solutions • Continuous learning • Engagements involving agile development principles, methodical planning, and creative thinking • Opportunities through a growing R&D division exploring the latest technological developments