Senior Database Administrator

Novigo Solutions Inc; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Novigo Solutions Inc is looking for a Database Support Specialist to join their Raleigh headquarters for a four to six month assignment. The specialist will provide primary support for DB2 on Z Series Mainframe databases, performing tasks such as database tuning, administration, and maintenance.

The role requires strong skills in data management, performance tuning, and database administration, with a commitment to onsite work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. If you are an expert in managing mainframe databases and ensuring their optimal performance, we invite you to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis and database management.
• Ability to maintain and enhance database configurations.
• Familiarity with database application tuning and administration.

Responsibilities

• Support legacy mainframe databases and new installations.
• Perform database tuning and maintenance.
• Administer application objects and database configurations.

Skills

Data analysis and database management

Database maintenance and enhancement

Performance tuning

Database software administration

Tools

DB2

Z Series Mainframe

JCL

Easytrieve

REXX

Job description

Novigo Solutions is an end-to-end IT Solutions provider, specialized in full cycle IT services and platform solutions. Novigo focuses mainly on latest technology platforms like Microsoft SharePoint , SalesForce , BI, RPA, E-Content Services, ERP Implementation & Support Services and Mobile Technologies. Novigo has over 200+ full time technical experts working on several leading technology platforms and serving Fortune 500 clients across the globe. Novigo aims to support clients business in a long-term relationship mode. With its unique delivery model, it helps the clients to achieve significant cost saving and business success. Novigo is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has development centers in Bangalore and Mangalore. Novigo currently operates from India, US, UAE, Oman, KSA and Singapore.

Job Description

The position will support legacy mainframe databases and new database installations. The position will work with a team of DBAs that will provide support to tax system databases that contain both federal and state tax information. The selected candidate will serve as primary database support for DB2 on Z Series Mainframe in a production environment. This includes Table Reorgs, Indexing, Table Partitioning, Performance Tuning, Automation and Scheduling of tasks in Zeke with extensive use of JCL, Easytrieve and REXX.

Qualifications

1. Data analysis and database management
2. Maintenance, enhancement, designing of data dictionaries, physical and logical database models, and performance tuning
3. (Logical) Administration of application objects within database; maintenance of business requirements for database, database schema, data maps, ERDs, application objects (i.e., tables, indexes, views, etc.); performance of database application tuning; provision of business and data requirements and data for capacity planning
4. (Physical) Environment-level administration; installation/patch/upgrade of database software; management of HA, database-level security; maintenance of database configuration files and data files; completion of database reorganizations, environment tuning, refreshes, exports and imports, backup and recovery; performance of capacity planning driven by technology and resource usage trends

Additional Information

The assignment is anticipated to take four to six months. The position will be 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday and the work will take place onsite at the Raleigh headquarters location.

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