Experis are now recruiting for a DB2 Engineer for a contract position within the Financial Sector.
Location: Remote
Rate: £450 per day (via an umbrella company)
Length: 3 months with likely extension
Note: Only those who are based in the UK and hold a Right to Work in the UK will be considered
Scope:
To work in the Application production support teams to provide subject matter expertise to maintain the existing infrastructure and to recommend best practices for the supported infrastructure.
Responsibilities :
- Db2 LUW (for Linux/Unix/Windows) DBA
- Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, and Migration
- Working with cloud pure scale database and maintaining it.
- Working on automation of dba activities.
- Conceptualize and verbalize the benefits of technology in solving real business problems.
- Mentor team members to help them solve problems and grow, especially as it relates to the database.
- Create, communicate, and maintain best practices and coding standards for team.
- Work with multiple technologies and in projects with high complexity.
- Database Security.
- Work to consistently improve internal processes
- Storage and Capacity Planning
- Backup and Recovery
Required Technical and Professional Expertise:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT industry
- Working knowledge on Db2 LUW (UDB) setup and configuration
- Experience in Db2 administration on Linux environments
- Solid understanding the Linux and basic OS concepts
- Hands-on experience with creating/maintaining/optimizing a database (Db2 experience preferred)
- Working knowledge on designing High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) systems
- In-depth knowledge on Cloud infrastructure (IBM/Aws/Azure) along with DB optimisation / application optimisation
- Proficient in Performance Tuning, defining Stored Procedure & triggers
- Ability to understand application
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise:
- Experience in configuring and supporting HADR environment with high availability using TSA
- Experience in developing scripts for various DBA activities along with sizing or designing the DB2 databases
- Knowledge in Db2 installation and configuration on Linux and Windows environments
If you meet the above requirement, please apply to be contacted by an Experis consultant.
