What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Administrator position at Smart IT Frame LLC?
Job Role: DB2 DBA - Onsite (Marysville, OH)
Key Responsibilities
Meet with application teams to understand requirements and recommend high-level direction and approach to upcoming projects Finetuning database systems to enhance performance scalability and reliability This includes monitoring and optimizing database query performance indexing and database caching Monitor database performance using built-in tools and third-party solutions Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks through query optimization index tuning and configuration adjustments Utilize monitoring tools to track database health performance metrics and security events Set up s to notify administrators of potential issues
What Will the Person Be Working On
- Act as the primary DBA contact during application onboarding upgrades and major enhancements
- Monitor DB2 subsystem performance CPU IO buffer pools locking queries
- Analyze and resolve performance issues using tools such as Omegamon EXPLAIN RMF SMF and native DB2 utilities
- Perform SQL performance tuning and index optimization in collaboration with application teams
- Plan and execute DB2 maintenance activities including PTFs service packs and version upgrades
- Proactively identify risks and improvement opportunities to ensure high availability and reliability
WANTS
- 5-10 years of hands on DB2 for zOS Manufacturing DBA experience in large enterprise environments
- Experience supporting critical production systems with 24x7 availability requirements
- Strong experience in performance tuning database utilities and mainframe operations
- Experience working on large scale projects and coordinating with cross functional teams
- Deep knowledge of DB2 zOS architecture subsystems utilities logging and recovery
- Strong SQL tuning and execution plan analysis skills
- Experience with monitoring tools eg Omegamon and mainframe performance metrics
- Understanding of zOS concepts including datasets JCL batch processing and scheduling
- Strong knowledge of SOX audit processes and database security best practices
Skills
Mandatory Skills : DB2-DB Administration, MS SQL DB Administration, SQL Migration, Z/OS