Job Title: Senior Database Administrator
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Job Location: Alpharetta, GA or Berkeley Heights, NJ
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# Positions: 1
Employment Type: W2
Candidate Constraints:
Duration: Long Term
# of Layers:0
Work Eligibility: All Work Authorizations are Permitted – No Visa Transfers
Key Technology: DB2, Unix/Linux, Windows, CDC
Job Responsibilities
- Manage databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
- Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
- Apply data modeling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
- Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, and provide problem resolution end-to-end. Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
- Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement. Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
- Provide 24×7 support for critical production systems.
- Monitor and analyze performance metrics and allocate database of medium to high complexity with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility of the data.
- Utilize data administration on V11.5 and 11.1 for Linux, Unix, and Windows, DB2, HADR, and CDC.
- Apply database patches and upgrades, such as EMC Networker, db2top, CA7 scheduler and shell scripting, and routine DBA activities.
Skills and Experience Required
Required
- 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the role as a Senior Database Administrator, Associate Operations Manager, or a related position.
- 5 years of experience with: DB2; Database administration on V11.1 for Linux, Unix and Windows, HADR, and CDC.
- Experience with db2top, CA7 scheduler and shell scripting.
- Must have two years of experience with: Database administration on V11.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows, HADR, CDC and EMC Networker.
Education
- Must have bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer and Information Systems, Engineering (any) or a related field.