Job Details
Job Title: Systems Administrator V
Locations: Owings Mills Maryland 21117 (Hybrid) (This candidate must be willing to come into office 2 days/week)
Duration: (06+ Months Contract with High Possibility for extension)
Job Type : W-2 (No C2C)
Summary:
The main function of a Database Administrator is to provide database support on a variety of hardware and software platforms and peripherals.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide database and system on-site support of the IBM DB2 mainframe z/OS environments
Support numerous IBM application environments & teams leveraging DB2 z/OS databases
Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance
Based on statistics, make recommendations to maintain and improve capacity and system performance
Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts
Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)
Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patching
Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching
Perform and manage system and database backups
Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failures
Participate fully in 24x7x365 oncall rotations for production support
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
6+ years’ experience required including use of all IBM Utilities and Commands in an administration and architecture role
Experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution
Strong knowledge of SQL and tuning
Knowledge of IBM Data Studio, Broadcom/CA database administration tools, TMON monitoring
