DB2 Administrator

Job Details:

JOB TITLE/ROLE : DB2 Administrator

DURATION : 6 MOnths CTH

LOCATION : St. Louis MO

Roles and Responsibilities:

Candidates will perform multiple enhancements and upgrades to the current USPS programs. This may include:

Research, design, develop, and/or modify enterprise-wide systems and/or applications software.

Be involved in the planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards.

Develop and maintain database schemas to include normalization and de-normalization

Monitor Databases for reliability and performance

DB2 Database Experience is required.

Basic Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed

below:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related discipline.

At least 7 years of overall database related work experience.

DB2 Database experience

Mainframe experience

Database Definition Language (DDL)

Be able to create tables and indexes.

Be able to lookup indexes, stored procedures and triggers for a specific table.

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Be able write complex queries to extract data from DB2 database

Design indexes for existing applications, choosing when to add or remove indexes

Help developers improve the performance of that query by tweaking it or modifying indexes

Advise developers on the most efficient database designs (tables, data types, stored procedures, functions, etc.)

Ensure that new database code meets company standards for readability, reliability, and performance

Physical and logical data modeling

Database normalization and de-normalization

Monitoring databases for reliability and performance

JCL experience

Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Must be a Self-Starter

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Oracle and PL/SQL is a plus

Bachelors Degree

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