Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Sr DB2 DBA
As a Senior DB2 Database Administrator you will showcase your DB2 expertise on AIX, Linux, and Windows platforms, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the organization's databases. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the database systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and availability. Your role will also involve optimizing database performance, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with other IT teams to support various applications and projects.
What you will do:
- Install, configure, and upgrade DB2 database systems on AIX, Linux, and Windows platforms
- Monitor and manage database performance, capacity, and health to ensure optimal functionality and availability while addressing potential security breaches
- Perform regular backups, recovery, and disaster recovery planning to safeguard critical data
- Implement and maintain database security measures, including user access controls and data encryption, to protect sensitive information
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimizing SQL queries, and tuning database configurations to enhance system performance
- Maintain detailed documentation of database configurations, changes, and troubleshooting procedures
- Prepare regular reports on database performance, growth, and capacity planning
- Design and implement backup and recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and availability in case of failures within security policies and standards to comply with relevant regulations and best practices
What you will need to have:
- 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator, with specific expertise in DB2 on Linux platforms
- 3+ years of experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation and monitoring tasks
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education, military, and work experience
What would be great to have:
- DB2 experience with Windows and AIX platforms
- Experience with other database systems (e.g., Oracle, MySQL) and platforms
- Knowledge of cloud-based database solutions (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database)
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware)
- Experience with database clustering and high availability solutions
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale.
Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise.
Our business has more than tripled over the last three years.
We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
