DB2 z/OS DBA

TECHNICAL: 
  
•            Expert knowledge of DB2 version 11/12 on the z/OS platform 
•            Ability to work within a team environment and communicate effectively with others 
•            Represent the database team in application development projects with business analysts 
•            Promote DB2 best practices and new features to developers during application design and implementation 
•            Ability to mentor others, including junior DBAs and application developers, as well as clearly explain complex technical issues to business analysts and end users 
•            Proficiency with logical and physical data modeling design concepts 
•            Solid performance tuning experience in assisting developers with SQL queries, indexing, stored procedures, triggers and resolving concurrency issues 
•            Experience with table partitioning and maintaining very large databases 
•            Creation and maintenance of database objects (tables, columns, indexes, etc) 
•            Implement best practices for database backup and recovery strategies 
•            Experience in setting and scheduling of database maintenance utilities, with different restrictive levels tailored to application usage with the organization. 
•            Demonstrated knowledge of third party tools (Omegamon, IBM DB2 Admin, BMC, CDB, CA, etc) 
•            Ability to make decisions and demonstrate problem solving skills, analysis, prioritization and risk taking 
•            Ability to plan and execute a project to completion 
•            Demonstrate personal ownership of assignments 
•            Proactively raise and resolve issues 
•            Strong ability to multitask 
  
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 
  
•            Bachelors degree required 
•            Several years experience in a senior DBA role supporting DB2 (version 9 or higher) production systems in a 24x7 business environment 
•            IBM Certification is a plus