Db2 DBA (Netezza)

DB2 DBA – REMOTE
ARC Group has an immediate opportunity for a Senior DB2 DBA! This position is 100% remote. This is starting out as a contract position running through July 2026 with strong potential to extend longer or possibly convert to FTE. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
 
At ARC Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better innovation and problem-solving. As an organization, we embrace diversity in all its forms and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.
 
100% REMOTE!
Reference# 19521-1
 
Candidates must have permanent work authorization and work for any employer without sponsorship now or in the future. Third party candidates are not eligible for this role.
 
Requirements:

Required (must have):

• 10 or more years’ professional experience as an application z/OS DB2 DBA on V11 .
• 8 or more years LUW DB2 including installing, supporting, configuring, and upgrading DB2 LUW subsystems.

Additional Requirements:

• In depth knowledge of the DB2 zOS architecture.
• Experience with Netezza Performance Server database administration
• Experience with DB2 Purescale environment
• Experience working with IBM on opening cases and working with them
• Experience in configuring and supporting Tier-1 mission critical databases as an application z/os DBA and LUW systems/infrastructure DBA.
• Good knowledge of capacity planning and architecture design for database server deployment.
• Proven experience in working in a mission critical environment in a multi-terabyte database platform, including analytics workloads.
• Good understanding of data warehouse concepts including data marts, data Lakehouse and data lakes.
• Perform routine maintenance on several database environments including application of updates, patches, and hotfixes for LUW servers
• Creating databases, migrating database objects from non-production to production environment.
• Designing and building data models, schemas, views, and tables to support application requirements
• Working knowledge of Database Security mechanism, data encryption, obfuscation, auditing using tools such as Guardium.
• Extensive experience designing and executing backup and recovery concepts and procedures
• Measure database performance and troubleshoot complex database issues, I/O bottlenecks, SQL Tuning/
• Experience in using Nimsoft, Dynatrace or Datadog or other event management and performance monitoring tools.
• Good understanding of licensing options and optimization.
• Experience in scripting languages (shell or python or Perl) for automating DBA administrative tasks.
• Experience with automation tools such as Control-M.
• In-depth knowledge of IT industry database technologies and processes and business applications integrated with database technologies.
• Provide 24 x 7 Support to Critical production systems.
• Experience in working closely with the application development teams to resolve any performance related issues and provide application support.
• DB2 tools, JCL, Perf monitoring (Omegamon) and Query monitor for Z/OS DB2
   

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in related field or additional equivalent work experience.


Interested?
Email your most updated resume to Suresh at Suresh@arcgonline.com, or apply online and explore other opportunities at www.arcgonline.com.
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