Position: System Administrator

Duration: 2 Years

Location: Carson City, Nevada (Onsite from Day 1)

Anticipated overtime of 10 hrs a month

Scope Of Work

The chosen contractor will be responsible for

• Assisting system administrators with applying patches to and upgrading DB2.
• Support vendor staff as they continue to work on projects including configuration of DB2, requests for log reviews, assistance with troubleshooting, and service and/or server restarts.

Experience

• Contractor must have demonstrated experience and depth in the following areas:
• 3 years of experience with IBM DB2 database installation, maintenance, and support

Experience and Skills Preferred-

• 3 years of experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server installation, maintenance, and support.
• 3 years of experience with IBM DB2 database installation, maintenance, and support
• 3 years of experience with IBM FileNet maintenance and support
• 3 years of experience with IBM MQ maintenance and support
• 3 years IBM Datacap maintenance and support including but not limited to Task Master, Rule Runner, and associated IIS components.
• 3 years of experience with command line shells bash and ksh, and scripting.
• Experience with other IBM / WebSphere products.
• Experience with Perforce Helix Core
• Experience with CA Workload Automation

Deliverables:

The contractors must have the skillset to provide the following for each of the projects or activities they will be assigned to do:

• System Documentation : The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS system and database administrators with creating and maintaining system documentation for active projects, systems, databases, and development efforts already in progress.

• Database Administration : The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS DBAs with various tasks including but not limited to creating, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing existing databases, and installing fix packs.

• Performance Tuning : The chosen candidate will be responsible for, in whole or in part, ensuring that databases are performing optimally. Duties may include monitoring system and database performance using agency-provided tools, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing solutions to improve performance.

• Training and Support : The chosen candidate will be responsible for assisting DWSS staff by creating training materials, conducting training sessions and providing ongoing support to junior DBAs in areas of expertise where skill gaps exist and align with the candidate's experience.

• Weekly Work activity Log: The chosen candidate will be required to keep a weekly work log of activities performed by the contractor throughout the engagement. Weekly status meetings will be held to review the work activity log, accomplishments, challenges, and goals.