Job Listing: DB2 DBA

TEKsystems has an immediate opening for a DB2/Informix DBA in Omaha, NE for a six month contract position. Individual should be a highly skilled DBA experienced with DB2 and Informix.

Essential Job Functions:
Designs, installs, maintains and upgrades the enterprise’s production databases. Provides technical expertise in the use of database technology. Accountable for the overall performance of the enterprise’s database environment. Works closely with clients, business analysts, systems programmers, and application developers to define and resolve information flow and content issues---helping to transform business requirements into environment specific databases. Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and allocates database resources to achieve optimum database performance. Performs additional job duties as required. Solid knowledge of database administration, database monitoring and tuning, logical data modeling, and physical database development. Understands the principles, theories, practices and techniques of project management. Basic understanding of how the technology influences business strategic direction, enabling definition and integration of technical plans supporting the enterprise business functions and processes. Works on one or more projects as a project team member.
Supports one or more databases of medium complexity (complexity defined by database size, technology used, and system feeds and interfaces) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity and accessibility of the data.

Required Experience:
Sr. level DB2 LUW dba with 5 to 7 years of heavy DB2 LUW DBA experience in a Windows environment and Unix environment and AS400
Sr. level Informix DBA with 5 to 7 years of Informix DBA experience in a Solaris environment

Additional Skills:
Knowledge of Veritas netbackup software
Proficient in a DB2 multi partitioned environment
Proficient in backup and recovery
Good written and verbal communication skills
Unix Scripting
Windows Scripting

Required Skills for DB2 DBA Job:

About TEKsystems:

Join TEKsystems® and get your career on the fast track. As the leading technology staffing and services firm, we are passionate about deploying high-caliber IT and communications expertise. To satisfy our constant need for expertise, we actively seek talented Technical Professionals with all levels of information technology and communications skills. TEKsystems knows that every professional has different needs, so we'll work together to determine a suitable benefits package. We offer options to our Technical Professionals that could include: a health plan, 401k, provisions for vacation and holiday pay, and technical and professional training. With a foundation as the nation's largest IT staffing firm, we've become a billion-dollar services company by blending superior client service with an unrivaled ability to source and manage talent to precise specifications, resulting in successful technology executions. Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. M/F/D/V