Senior Db2 Architect | Hybrid RHEL/GCP Engineering

MVP Plus Consulting Inc; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MVP Plus Consulting Inc. seeks a Data Management Specialist to support the DOL Unemployment Insurance System. You will administer Db2 databases on Red Hat Linux, monitor performance, and automate tasks across the stack.

This role emphasizes problem-solving and collaboration with cross-functional teams, with a 50% telecommuting and 50% Albany office work model. Prior Db2, Linux, and cloud tooling experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience setting up and managing Db2 HADR for business continuity.
• Experience with GCP services for database deployments and IAM access control.
• Administration of Db2 databases on Linux, including backup/recovery and security management.
• Monitoring Db2 and RHEL systems with proactive alerting.
• Design and implement robust backup and recovery strategies.

Responsibilities

• Administer Db2 databases on bare-metal RHEL environments.
• Monitor performance metrics (CPU, memory, disk I/O, buffer pools).
• Deploy and monitor Db2 utilities including IBM DMC.
• Develop scripts to automate monitoring and admin tasks.
• Review alerts and logs to troubleshoot incidents.
• Run RUNSTATS, REORG, and REORGCHK tasks regularly.
• Apply patches and upgrades per change management.
• Verify backups and recovery processes.
• Review security settings and access controls.
• Document changes and update knowledge base.
• Respond to service requests and priority tasks.
• Attend daily standups and report progress.

Skills

HADR (Db2) expertise

GCP expertise

DB2 database administration

Red Hat Linux proficiency

Performance tuning

Monitoring and alerting

Security best practices

Scripting & automation

Troubleshooting

Backup & recovery strategies

Tools

Db2 on Linux

IBM Data Management Console (DMC)

Dynatrace / monitoring tools

GCP Compute Engine

RHEL scripting

Job description

MVP Plus Consulting Inc. seeks a Data Management Specialist to support the DOL Unemployment Insurance System. You will administer Db2 databases on Red Hat Linux, monitor performance, and automate tasks across the stack.

This role emphasizes problem-solving and collaboration with cross-functional teams, with a 50% telecommuting and 50% Albany office work model. Prior Db2, Linux, and cloud tooling experience is essential.