This employee is responsible for planning, designing, developing, and configuring database systems to meet business needs and requests. The role is a mix of development and production DBA responsibilities.
- Responsible for administration, capacity planning, engineering/design, performance monitoring, and optimization of the DB2 for I database platform
- should be able to adapt to rapidly changing environments and technology
JOB FUNCTIONS
- Supports the design and implementation of new database environments and redesign of existing systems to fulfill business needs
- Monitors and evaluates performance of IBMi databases
- Troubleshoots database performance issues
- Manages database objects
- Libraries, views, tables, stored procedures, triggers
- Supports developers and testing team by maintaining test environments and configuring databases to development specifications
- Works with application development teams to develop data models that support business processes
- Ensures DB changes adhere to best practices
- Reviews all proposed DB changes proposed by IBMi development team
- Creates technical support documentation for databases
- Acts as a SME on IBMI database structure and environment
Education
- Bachelor's Degree Required
Work Experience
- 10+ years of IBMi/iSeries/AS400 experience Required
- 7+ years of experience supporting DB2 for databases in an enterprise environment
Required