DB2 Admin

Key Responsibilities:

Adabas, Natural DB2 Database Administration, implementation, and maintenance 
Enforce environment standards like object naming, security, backup and recovery and database administration 
Strong working knowledge of the Adabas and DB2 Utility suite 
Ensure 24/7 availability and performance of application databases, including on-call support 
Resolve database performance, capacity and other database related issues 
Manage database backup and recovery 
Prepare, maintain and execute disaster recovery plans 
Troubleshoot application database issues 
Oversee, and optimize all database maintenance (i.e. update statistics, etc) and backup processes 
Understanding of ITIL Change/Incident management

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

Top Skills; DB2, Natural Adabas, Natural/Adabas, Adabas. 
Minimum 3 years of experience in supporting/administering DB2 in z/OS, DB2 v12 or greater 
Experience with z/OS operating system 
Knowledge of VSAM, EntireX, JCL, CICS, TSO, ISPF, REXX, IBM Mainframe Utilities and DB2 Admin Tool 
Understanding of RACF security tool 
Proficiency in Office 365 and text editors, JIRA 
Ability to learn quickly on the job, open to learn different systems and data platforms 
Strong communication skills and experience in customer interaction in requirements gathering 
Skills in writing scripts to automate and schedule the jobs (Reorg, Runstats, Modify, Image copy, Restore, Load/ Unload, Repair etc)