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About the Role :
* Location : LATAM
3 .Employment Type : Contract
Job Summary : Key Responsibilities : Responsibilities
* We are looking to hire a talented DB2 UDB Database Administrator to manage large enterprise DB2 database systems, bring in best practices and solutions to continuously improve the environment.
* Experience in handling and preventing different types of DB2 failures
* Adept at defining backup policies, managing backup and recovery failures
* Planning and scheduling maintenance activities and executing the same across enterprise level – Patching, creation or maintenance of DB2 objects
* Experienced in monitoring and managing the environment viz. space, memory, CPU proactively through automated procedures
* Experience in managing DB2 security
* Experience in maintaining mainframe / DB2 jobs and minimizing / preventing failures
* Adept at handling performance issues and applying permanent resolutions proactively and through problem management.
* Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses
* Determine, enforce and document database policies, procedures and standards
* Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity
* As needed, implement approved database configurations / corrections to mitigate database performance / connectivity due to planned or unplanned incidents.
* Regularly maintain database security policies
* Automate database jobs and increase efficiency of the system.
* Identify RCA for specific incidents
* Perform performance analysis / tuning of database
* Communicate effectively with internal and external audiences with varying levels of technical expertise.
* Provide and implement effective solutions while best using the DB2 product for ideal database sizing, optimal database performance, enhanced and automated monitoring, migration and upgrade of databases, compliance to security (SOX) standards
Profile :
* Strongly skilled in DB2 database versions 10, 12 under Z / OS platform
* Install, patch and maintain all DB2 software
* Tune all DB2 instance components
* Control all migrations of DB2 schema objects
* Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data
* Must have migrated and upgraded DB2 databases, finetuned and sized DB2 environments, suggested and implemented best practices of IBM DB2
* Adherence to Change management process for any configuration as per organizational policies.
* Good to have Oracle or MS SQL Database administration experience or both.
* Knowledge in ITIL with exposure to Support ITIL processes and ticketing tools
Good to have database automation experience.
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