DB2 Database Administrator

Annexa, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Annexa, Inc. is seeking an IBM DB2 Database Administrator to develop, maintain, and optimize the DB2 environment that supports the DESTINY application for DC Government. You will ensure high availability, data integrity, and seamless operation of mission-critical systems.

The role requires extensive experience with IBM DB2 on LUW or z/OS, strong SQL skills, and collaboration with OCTO infrastructure teams to align with security and disaster recovery requirements.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of database design, documentation, and coding.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize the DB2 database environment that supports the DESTINY application.
• Ensure high availability, performance, data integrity, and seamless operation of the DMV’s mission-critical systems.
• Manage, configure, and maintain DB2 databases on mainframe platforms; installation, upgrades, patches, migrations, and version management.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and tune DB2 components.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to meet OCTO/DMV continuity requirements.
• Collaborate with OCTO infrastructure teams on server performance, storage, and network connectivity.
• Ensure schema modifications, indexing, partitioning as required.
• Provide knowledge and support to District agencies and stakeholders.

Skills

Database design

SQL

Reports & interfaces

DB2 experience

High-availability

ETL & Data warehousing

Batch jobs & enterprise apps

Troubleshooting & performance tuning

Government/DMV systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

DB2 (LUW or z/OS)

Job description

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DB2 Database Administrator
Employment Type: Remote

Annexa is currently supporting DC Government's Office of the Chief Technology Officer andseeking an IBM DB2 Database Administrator. The DB2 Database Administrator will beresponsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the DB2 database environment that supports the DESTINY application. This role will ensure high availability, performance, data integrity, and seamless operation of the DMV’s mission-critical systems. The role will be responsible for managing, configuring, and maintaining DB2 databases running on mainframe platforms. This role will perform database installation, upgrades, patches, migrations, and version management. Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and tune DB2 components to ensure high availability. Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to meet OCTO/DMV continuity requirements.

Responsibilities:

• The Senior DB2 database administrator position requires in-depth knowledge of IBMDB2 database background using with IBM Utilities and BMC tools
• Support the DESTINY application team by optimizing database queries, stored procedures, packages, and triggers.
• Work closely with developers to integrate enhancements, fixes, and new functionalities aligned with business needs.
• Ensure application releases and data model changes are synchronized with database environments.
• Maintain data integrity through robust data validation, referential integrity, and error-handling practices.
• Enforce database security standards, user access controls, and audit requirements consistent with DC government policies.
• Support compliance with privacy and data protection rules applicable to DMV-related personal information.
• Use DB2 monitoring tools to proactively identify performance bottlenecks.
• Analyze SQL performance, query execution plans, and recommend optimizations.
• Tune databases, memory pools, indexes, and storage structures for improved system throughput.
• Support ongoing fixes, enhancements, and modernization efforts related to the DESTINY system.
• Collaborate with OCTO infrastructure teams on server performance, storage, and network connectivity affecting DB2.
• Implement schema modifications, table restructuring, indexing strategies, and partitioning as required.
• Provides technical knowledge and support to District agencies, personnel, and additional stakeholders.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• May coordinate activities of application developers.
• Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
• Delivers support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
• Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts.
• May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).

Required Skills:

• 16 years of experience with database design, documentation, and coding.
• 16+ years of experience with SQL.
• 16+ years of experience designing and implementing reports and report interfaces.
• 16+ years of strong hands-on experience with IBM DB2 (LUW or z/OS depending on environment).
• Expertise in database design, data modeling, schema management, and SQL optimization.
• 10+ years of experience with knowledge of high-availability technologies (HADR, replication ,failover, clustering).
• 10+ years of experience and familiarity with ETL processes, Data Mining, Data Storage, Data warehousing.
• Knowledge of IBM batch jobs, and integration with enterprise applications.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and performance tuning skills.
• Experience supporting complex, transactional, high-volume systems(government or DMV systems ideal).
• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience.

What motivates people to work? What causes them to feel fulfilled with their jobs? According to Dan Pink, it’s three things:

• Autonomy
• Mastery
• Purpose

At Annexa, we striveto instill our work with these three crucial elements - so our people feel satisfied and fulfilled every single day.

“We strive to create a culture where our team members are cognizant of their mission to society and have an innate desire to make other peoples lives better.”

- Founder and CEO, Patrick Walsh

“If you want to build a ship don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

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