Senior DB2 z/OS DBA: Performance & Reliability Lead

Artifintech; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Mainframe DB2 DBA to join our enterprise database team in Salt Lake City. You will ensure performance, availability, security, and reliability of IBM DB2 for z/OS environments, collaborating with application teams, QA, DevOps, offshore resources, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include design, administration, tuning, and support of large-scale production databases, implementing DB2 utilities, backup/recovery strategies, security, and on-call

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 6+ years of hands-on mainframe DB2 DBA experience.
• Strong IBM DB2 for z/OS administration expertise.
• Experience with DB2 utilities: RUNSTATS, REORG, COPY, RECOVER, LOAD, UNLOAD.
• Experience tuning SQL and resolving access-path issues; COBOL/JCL/CICS/VSAM knowledge.
• Experience coordinating with offshore teams and providing technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, tune, and support large-scale DB2 on z/OS.
• Implement DB2 utilities and manage storage and backups.
• Monitor performance, explain plans, optimize SQL and access paths.
• Provide on-call production support and root-cause analysis.
• Mentor teammates and collaborate with offshore resources.

Skills

DB2 for z/OS

SQL tuning

JCL

COBOL

CICS

VSAM

Offshore coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/CE or related field

Tools

RUNSTATS

REORG

COPY

RECOVER

LOAD

UNLOAD

Endevor

Mainframe debugging tools

Job description

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Mainframe DB2 DBA to join our enterprise database team in Salt Lake City. You will ensure performance, availability, security, and reliability of IBM DB2 for z/OS environments, collaborating with application teams, QA, DevOps, offshore resources, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include design, administration, tuning, and support of large-scale production databases, implementing DB2 utilities, backup/recovery strategies, security, and on-call