Ibm Db2 Dba

American IT Systems • Dallas, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for an L3 Database Administrator (DBA) with extensive experience in IBM Db2. The position is based in Dallas, TX & Atlanta, GA and requires onsite work. The support model is 24/7. A Bachelor's Degree is mandatory, and only US Citizens are considered for this full-time role.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates, supporting mission-critical workloads within tiered service expectations.
• Deep expertise in Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations, including failover readiness, replication/standby health, and DR execution aligned to strict recovery objectives.
• Proven ownership of Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents, including rapid triage, service restoration, major incident bridge participation, and leading RCA with preventive actions.
• Advanced Db2 performance engineering skills, including SQL optimization, locking/concurrency troubleshooting, memory/buffer pool concepts, and capacity/growth forecasting.
• Demonstrated capability in backup, restore, and recoverability assurance, including restore testing, remediation of backup/restore issues, and audit-ready recovery evidence.
• Hands-on proficiency with enterprise monitoring and observability tooling such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios, using telemetry to isolate DB vs app vs infra issues.
• Strong experience with DB/platform tools used in scope, including DBeaver, Toad, Foglight, and ITOC for administration, diagnostics, and operational consistency.
• Ability to analyze repetitive operational patterns (access, provisioning, backup/restore, patching, batch failures) and drive automation and standardization opportunities to reduce run effort.
• Experience operating in security- and compliance-driven environments, supporting access governance, audit logging, encryption expectations, and backup/DR compliance evidence.
• Bachelor's Degree is mandatory.
• Only US Citizens are considered.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to collaborating within ServiceNow AIOps / Event Manager environments (event correlation, anomaly detection, incident prediction, policy-controlled automation) is an added advantage.
• IBM Certified Db2 v12.1 DBA – Professional (Distributed)
• IBM Certified System Administrator (Db2)
• Windows 2019/22/ Redhat Linux 8.x/9.x
• ITIL V4

Responsibilities

• Administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates, supporting mission-critical workloads within tiered service expectations.
• Managing Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations, including failover readiness, replication/standby health, and DR execution aligned to strict recovery objectives.
• Handling Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents, including rapid triage, service restoration, major incident bridge participation, and leading RCA with preventive actions.
• Performing advanced Db2 performance engineering, including SQL optimization, locking/concurrency troubleshooting, memory/buffer pool concepts, and capacity/growth forecasting.
• Ensuring backup, restore, and recoverability assurance, including restore testing, remediation of backup/restore issues, and providing audit-ready recovery evidence.
• Utilizing enterprise monitoring and observability tooling such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios, to isolate DB vs app vs infra issues.
• Using DB/platform tools like DBeaver, Toad, Foglight, and ITOC for administration, diagnostics, and operational consistency.
• Analyzing repetitive operational patterns (access, provisioning, backup/restore, patching, batch failures) and driving automation and standardization opportunities.
• Operating in security- and compliance-driven environments, supporting access governance, audit logging, encryption expectations, and backup/DR compliance evidence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level