Dhara Consulting Group - Colorado Springs, CO
posted 4 months ago
Today, ManTech International Corporation is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Midlevel DB2 Database Administrator to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO or Annapolis Junction, MD. As a DB2 administrator, you will play a crucial role in providing technical support for day-to-day operations in a DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) environment, specifically in AIX and RHEL systems. Your responsibilities will include managing and coordinating changes to DB2 (version 11.x) and DB2 FixPaks, implementing database changes to enhance performance and security, and planning and coordinating security measures to safeguard databases. You will also be tasked with measuring database performance and troubleshooting complex database and HADR issues, configuring and monitoring databases across all application services, and maintaining user databases and instances in both AIX and Linux environments. In this role, you will configure and maintain schemas, table spaces, tables, indexes, buffer pools, and logs, as well as manage database backups and recoveries using IBM TSM. Your expertise in scripting SQL, Perl, and Shell will be essential as you review project requests to estimate time and costs required to accomplish database user needs. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of hands-on DB2 administration experience, including upgrades, configuration, tuning, index creation, and performance analysis, along with experience in high availability environments and various business processes and system modeling tools. You will be expected to work well in a cross-functional environment, possess excellent communication skills, and be a self-starter who can prioritize competing priorities effectively. Additionally, you will be required to be on-call and respond in a timely manner to any issues that arise.