What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Database Infrastructure Architect position at First Soft Solutions LLC?
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Position Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Infrastructure Architect to support enterprise-level database operations and architecture initiatives for a large-scale government environment. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across DB2 for z/OS, Oracle, and SQL Server platforms and demonstrate strong experience in designing, optimizing, and supporting integrated database infrastructures within secure enterprise environments.
This role requires a senior-level professional capable of driving database architecture strategy, performance optimization, disaster recovery support, and operational excellence across multiple computing platforms.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Infrastructure Architect to support enterprise-level database operations and architecture initiatives for a large-scale government environment. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across DB2 for z/OS, Oracle, and SQL Server platforms and demonstrate strong experience in designing, optimizing, and supporting integrated database infrastructures within secure enterprise environments.
This role requires a senior-level professional capable of driving database architecture strategy, performance optimization, disaster recovery support, and operational excellence across multiple computing platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-level database schemas and architectures
- Lead database infrastructure planning across DB2 for z/OS, Oracle, and SQL Server platforms
- Perform advanced database administration, monitoring, tuning, and performance optimization
- Develop and maintain database standards, procedures, and operational documentation
- Support data warehousing and integrated enterprise database environments
- Conduct SQL code reviews and implement database optimization strategies
- Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes
- Support z/OS environments including JCL, ISPF, CICS, and RACF
- Administer and support CA GEN models and application objects
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure system stability and compliance
- Mentor junior database administrators and technical staff
- Participate in on-call rotation, weekend support, and production issue resolution
- Ensure compliance with government security and infrastructure standards
Required Qualifications
- 15 years of hands-on experience in database administration and infrastructure support
- Strong expertise in:
- DB2 for z/OS
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience working on government or public-sector projects
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale integrated database environments
- Advanced knowledge of:
- Database performance tuning and optimization
- Database backup and recovery
- Point-in-time recovery
- SQL performance analysis
- Schema design and data architecture
- Strong experience with:
- z/OS
- JCL
- ISPF
- CICS
- RACF
- COBOL
- CA GEN
- Familiarity with:
- Azure
- Windows Server
- SSMS
- SSRS
- SSIS
- Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- Equivalent work experience may be considered