DB2 Administrator

Required:
• Over 3 years experience with DB2
•Working experience with IBM HADR
• In-depth understanding of windows architecture and troubleshooting experience with the ability to analyze technical problems to prevent future occurrence.
• Experience with backup strategies and backup technologies
• Ability to work well with the team and on various projects
• Willingness to learn new things and extremely flexible if workflow is changing
• Fluent English (spoken and written) • Communicative competence (pro-active)
Nice to have skills:
•ITIL Certified
• Training skills in order to mentor junior team members
• Ability to conceptualize problems
• Experience with automation tools (i.e. Puppet / Chef etc.)
• Ability to work under pressure and remain decisive
• Proficient in at least 1 programming/scripting language i.e. SQL
• Experience with system monitoring tools and analyzing results
• Bachelor degree, with a technical major such as Engineering or Computer Science

• Provide DB2 support for all development, testing, and production environments
• Support Application Development, Testing, and Functional Teams with DB related issues
• Troubleshoot application related DB2 issues
• Promote DB2 related structure changes • Support DB2 related implementations as it relates to weekend maintenance and on-call duties.
• Creation and maintenance of database objects (tables, columns, indexes, etc)
• Setup and support database utilities including BACKUP, RESTORE, REORG, RUNSTATS, EXPORT, LOAD, EXPLAIN
• Database administration experience using DB2 on Linux (or other Unix variant)
• Responsible for uptime, performance, reliability, scalability, security and high availability of infrastructure machines
• Troubleshoot performance issues, configuration and apply fixes
• Create scripts in order to automate certain tasks
• Structure, draft and review technical documentation, document technical requirements and processes