omni inclusiveDenver, CO
DB2 DBA with OpenShift
What are the top skills required for this role? DB2 LUWOpenShiftJob Description/ Responsibilities Experience 9+ years of overall experience in Database Administration with strong expertise in IBM DB2 LUW, Linux Administration, and OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
Job Summary:
Seeking a highly skilled Senior DB2 LUW Database Administrator with experience in managing mission-critical DB2 databases across both traditional and containerized environments. The ideal candidate should possess strong knowledge of DB2 LUW administration, performance tuning, database migration, high availability solutions, automation, and OpenShift-based deployments. Exposure to enterprise DevOps practices and cloud technologies is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
- DB2 LUW Administration
- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain IBM DB2 LUW databases.
- Design and manage High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) solutions.
- Perform database performance tuning and optimization.
- Monitor database health, storage growth, and resource utilization.
- Manage backup, recovery, cloning, and disaster recovery processes.
- Troubleshoot complex database issues and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).Support database migrations and version upgrades.
- Implement database security standards and compliance controls. OpenShift / Kubernetes Administration
- Deploy and manage DB2 databases on Red Hat OpenShift.
Configure Stateful:
- Sets, Persistent Volumes (PV), Persistent Volume Claims (PVC), and storage classes.
- Manage DB2 deployments using Operators and container images.
- Troubleshoot container, networking, and storage-related issues.
- Collaborate with OpenShift platform teams for cluster upgrades and maintenance.
- Support containerization and modernization initiatives. Performance & Reliability
- Analyze SQL execution plans and optimize complex queries.
- Perform database capacity planning and forecasting.
- Implement monitoring and alerting mechanisms.
- Ensure database availability and SLA compliance. Automation & DevOpsDevelop automation scripts using Shell, Python, or Ansible.
- Integrate database deployments into CI/CD pipelines.
- Automate database provisioning, patching, health checks, and backup activities.
- Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices.
Required Skills:
- DatabaseIBM DB2 LUW 10.x / 11.xHADRTSA / Pacemaker
- Backup & RecoverySQL Tuning
- Database Performance Optimization
- Data Replication
- Stored Procedures and SQL Development OpenShift / Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
- Kubernetes Architecture
- Pods, Deployments, Stateful
- SetsOpenShift Operators
- Persistent Storage Management
- Container Networking
- Monitoring and Logging Tools Operating Systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Linux Administration
- Shell Scripting Automation & Tools
- AnsiblePythonGitJenkins / Azure DevOpsServiceNowPreferred SkillsDB2 pure
- ScaleIBM Cloud Pak for DataAWS, Azure, or GCPTerraformPrometheus, Grafana, SplunkIBM MQKafkaOpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
IBM DB2 and Red Hat OpenShift certifications are highly preferred. Nice-to-Have
Certifications:
- IBM Certified Advanced Database Administrator - DB2 LUWRed Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Typical Client Requirement
Summary:
- 9+ years of DB2 LUW DBA experience 3+ years of OpenShift/Kubernetes experience
- Strong expertise in HADR, Performance Tuning, Backup & Recovery
- Experience supporting databases in containerized environments
- Knowledge of CI/CD, Automation, and Linux Administration
Ability to lead production support, migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives.
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Level
Senior
Location
Denver, CO
Occupation
Database Administrators
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
Posted
2 days ago