Senior DB2 DBA — Enterprise Data & Performance

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) Immediate Vesting

Professional Development Assistance

Legal Aid Assistance Program

Family Planning / Fertility Assistance

Paid Time Off

Observance of Federal Holidays

Job summary

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) to provide enterprise‑level database engineering and sustainment for DB2 environments in Kentucky.

You will design schemas, tune performance, and lead backup/recovery efforts to ensure data integrity and availability. Collaborate with infrastructure, middleware (WebSphere), and cybersecurity teams to support cross‑stack integration and mission‑critical operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (12+ years)
• Experience performing enterprise‑level database engineering and sustainment for DB2
• Ability to obtain, maintain and access classified information at the Secret level

Responsibilities

• Perform full lifecycle database engineering for DB2 environments, including schema design, indexing strategy, tuning, and query optimization.
• Administer database backup, restore, and recovery operations.
• Maintain and validate database configuration baselines.
• Ensure data integrity across development, test, and production environments.
• Support cross‑stack integration between DB2, WebSphere middleware, and underlying infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with system administrators and software engineers to resolve database‑related issues.
• Develop and maintain database documentation, including architecture diagrams and sustainment procedures.
• Participate in engineering reviews, patch validation events, and readiness assessments.

Skills

DB2

Performance tuning

Backup & restore

Schema design

Data integrity

Cross-stack integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

DB2

WebSphere

Job description

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) to provide enterprise‑level database engineering and sustainment for DB2 environments in Kentucky.

You will design schemas, tune performance, and lead backup/recovery efforts to ensure data integrity and availability. Collaborate with infrastructure, middleware (WebSphere), and cybersecurity teams to support cross‑stack integration and mission‑critical operations.