Healthcare Mainframe DB2 z/OS DBA:Reliability&Performance

Highmark Health; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

enGen, in collaboration with Highmark Health, seeks a DB2 Database Administrator focused on DB2 for z/OS in a mainframe environment. You will design, manage, and optimize enterprise databases to ensure high availability, security, and peak performance for essential healthcare operations.

Collaboration with development teams and governance adherence are key. Responsibilities include database object management, change control, capacity planning, performance tuning, and incident response.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 years of information technology experience preferred.
• DB2 experience, z/OS knowledge, and mainframe environment familiarity preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support robust DB2 databases across production and test environments.
• Design, create, modify, and maintain core database objects (tablespaces, tables, indexes, views, packages, plans).
• Implement changes, upgrades, patches, and releases under change-management processes.
• Support capacity planning, growth management, and storage utilization forecasting.
• Monitor and tune database and SQL performance to optimize response times.
• Lead incident resolution and root cause analysis; participate in on-call rotations.
• Execute backups, disaster recovery testing, and ensure governance and regulatory compliance.

Skills

DB2

Z/OS

Mainframe

On-call support

Education

High school diploma

Tools

DB2 for z/OS

Job description

enGen, in collaboration with Highmark Health, seeks a DB2 Database Administrator focused on DB2 for z/OS in a mainframe environment. You will design, manage, and optimize enterprise databases to ensure high availability, security, and peak performance for essential healthcare operations.

Collaboration with development teams and governance adherence are key. Responsibilities include database object management, change control, capacity planning, performance tuning, and incident response.