Senior DB2 Database Administrator

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years' experience in one or more technical disciplines, or equivalent experience.

Required:

• Fluent in Spanish and English – reading, writing, and speaking.
  • IF CANDIDATES ARE NOT FLUENT IN SPANISH PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT / HAVING SOME SPANISH OR NEEDEDING TO BRUSH UP ON SPANISH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. ONLY CANDIDATES THAT SPEAK, READ AND WRITE SPANISH FLUENTLY WILL BE CONSIDERED.
  • PLEASE ENSURE THIS IS NOTES ON THE CANDIDATE'S RESUME - OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE DECLINED.
• z/OS DB2 administration - THIS IS A MUST
• Installing/migrating DB2 and IBM or third party DB2 related products.
• Experience with SMPE
• Experience with data sharing
• Experience with DR (restoring DB2 and products).
• Application of maintenance to DB2 and related products
• Experience with TLS/SSL Secure Client server
• Configuring DB2 Connect
• Establishing connection to security products RACF or ACF2
• Experiencing tuning DB2 systems.
• Ability to produce performance reports of how the sub system is performing.

Optional skills:

• REXX, COBOL
• BMC Control M
• BMC Products

Job Description:

• You will be instrumental in providing IBM Mainframe technical solutions and support that tightly align with our client's desired outcomes.
• You will be part of a high-performance team of technical professionals who work together in the day-to-day administrative and support functions of our client's DB2 databases, primarily at a bank in Latin America.
• You will participate in project-related activities while interacting closely with the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, creating, implementing, maintaining, tuning, and supporting DB2 databases on z/OS.
• Working with application development teams to install and migrate releases, support execution of data fixes, define new and execute databases recovery functions, definition, and execution of standard database tuning procedures.
• Managing database security, access controls, and user permission.
• Ensuring database integrity, availability, and monitoring the performance of the database.
• Perform intermediate to advanced tasks related to database design and implementation, operation and recovery, security and auditing, distributed connectivity, performance, installation, and migration/upgrades specific to the z/OS operating system.
• Capable of addressing all questions regarding DB2 of z/OS systems
• Respond to escalated problems in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring Service Level Agreements are met.
• Attempt to reproduce reported problems, identify, and provide immediate workarounds to overcome problems.
• Document resolutions to reported problems.
• Identify product and documentation deficiencies and make suggestions for improvement.
• Analyze and resolve problems escalated within the organization.
• Work with clients to define requirements for enhancement requests.
• Contribute to qualifying and assessing client's expectations.
• Follow up with clients to perform fixes and to confirm resolutions.
• Documentation and knowledge administration.
• Ticket and queue management of Incident, Problem and Change Management.