Senior Database Administrator

Posted: 2026-09-18

- Design, build, and enhance, upgrade, and build new client Db2 LUW environments.

- Work closely with clients daily on projects, troubleshooting, or consultations.

- Perform software installations, upgrades, and patches to Db2 LUW instances and servers.

- Define and maintain Db2 LUW standards and governance.

- Utilize industry standard technologies & methods to ensure the integrity & recoverability of Db2 LUW databases.

- Analyze and tune instance/database configuration parameters, indexes, physical database design, and SQL statements to optimize performance.

- Serve as technical resource to business analysts, solutions development, and other groups responsible for Db2 LUW application development standards, system design and integration.

- Ensure Db2 LUW systems remain at operational excellence during infrastructure improvements (hardware/software upgrades server migrations/consolidations, application deployment, etc.).

- Assist in creating new or maintaining documentation, runbooks, knowledge articles and diagrams.

- Assist with major issues, technical challenges, and troubleshooting, serving as an escalation point for complex problems.

- Facilitate open communication and collaboration between our ops DBA team and the client, ensuring alignment and effective problem-solving.

- Mentor and train junior and mid-level database administrators.

- More than six years of experience in Db2 LUW database administration

- Excellent understanding of Db2 LUW technology (builds, upgrades, patching, migrations, troubleshooting multiple versions of Db2 LUW)

- Extensive database performance tuning experience

- Deep knowledge of industry-standard, enterprise-class best practices for a large database environment