Senior DB2 Database administrator

Job summary
Permanent contract
Salary: Not specified
A few days at home
Experience: > 4 years
Skills & expertise
Attention to detail
Employee relations
Documentation management
Communication skills
Collaboration and teamwork
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Aeven Czech Republic
Aeven Czech Republic

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Job description

As a DB2 Database Administrator at Aeven, you will be an integral part of our Database Operations team responsible for the daily management of highly complex SAP installations. The DB2 Database Service Operations team plays a vital role in ensuring the seamless functionality of databases that support SAP.

Your primary tasks will be:

  • Participate in the daily operations of incident, service and change request management.

  • Participate in on-call duty also on weekends.

  • Involved in consolidation, automation and performance optimization.

  • Documentation of operations and services

  • Working closely with cross-functional teams across the organization including SAP, Server, Network, Storage/Backup etc.

  • Monitoring and alerting on database health, availability, performance, and storage.

  • Maintenance tasks like instance/database configuration, patching

  • Backup, restores and disaster recovery.

  • Collaboration with application teams on database security, query optimization and performance

  • Supporting senior DBAs in their tasks

  • Documenting procedures for the above responsibilities where/if needed.

  • Communication with customers where applicable

Employee benefits

  • 5 weeks of vacations/year

  • 5 sick days/year

  • Flexible working hours

  • Possibility to work from home

  • Flexible cafeteria account for leisure (12,000 CZK/year)

  • Meal vouchers in the amount of 100 CZK per workday (Aeven covers 55 CZK)

  • Fully covered MultiSport card enabling free entry to sports facilities in the Czech Republic

  • Free refreshments in the office

  • Company get-togethers

  • Various team-building activities

  • Free fruits and vegetables from Monday to Thursday

  • Wide selection of tea and coffee for free

  • Height-adjustable tables

  • Relax zones with Xbox

  • Czech language lessons

  • Annual flu vaccination for free


Preferred experience

As a Senior DB2 Database specialist, we expect you to have worked for at least 5+ years as a DB2 DBA in an operations role, and possess IBM Certified Database Administrator certification, or equivalent knowledge. You should have familiarity with the Unix (AIX) platform and knowledge of HADR. Additionally, we require you to have a business-oriented approach to communication, a problem-solving attitude, strong analytical skills, and a structured, positive way of thinking.

Requirements:

  • Experience in Unix/Linux/Windows operating systems essential

  • Relational database knowledge

  • Knowledge of SQL language is essential

  • Understanding of locking and isolation levels

  • Experience in performance tuning and query optimization

  • Understanding of DB2 architecture and utilities such as db2pd, db2top, reorg, runstats, db2dart, inspect, db2advis, db2expln and more

  • Experience in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

  • Excellent English written and communication skills

  • Self-motivated with sharp attention to detail

  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Other desirable qualifications:

  • Expertise in other database systems like PostgreSQL, MySQL

  • Understanding of DB2 HADR and TSA

  • Understanding of DB2 security

  • Good programming skills for database management

    • ksh, bash, perl, PowerShell
  • Ability to work in a team environment.

  • Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action


Recruitment process

At Aeven, we value every job applicant and prioritize your candidate experience. Here is an overview of our standard recruitment process: After application, please expect feedback within 5 working days.

Two interview rounds:

  • First round: Interview with hiring manager and potentially a colleague. Feedback within 2 weeks.

  • Potential second round: Interview with hiring manager, global lead (optional), and local HR. Feedback within 5 working days.

Successful candidates will receive feedback and job offer directly from the hiring manager.

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