DB2 Database Administrator High-Availability & Performance

Highmark Health; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health seeks a DB2 Database Administrator to design, manage, and optimize core DB2 systems supporting healthcare operations. You will ensure high availability, security, and peak performance while collaborating across teams.

The role emphasizes governance, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and contribute to release planning and execution.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1-3 years of information technology experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support DB2 databases in production and test environments.
• Design and maintain core database objects: tablespaces, tables, indexes, views, packages, and plans.
• Implement changes, upgrades, and patches via formal change management.
• Monitor and tune performance to optimize response times and resource use.
• Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and on-call rotations.
• Execute backups, DR plans, and validation after maintenance.

Skills

DB2 databases

SQL tuning

Incident management

Tools

DB2

Z/OS

UNIX

Linux

Windows

Job description

Highmark Health seeks a DB2 Database Administrator to design, manage, and optimize core DB2 systems supporting healthcare operations. You will ensure high availability, security, and peak performance while collaborating across teams.

The role emphasizes governance, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and contribute to release planning and execution.