Db2 Dba Specialist - Johannesburg, South Africa - The Joblink

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Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Contact person for this position:
Amori Prinsloo

Our client is looking to employ a DB2 Z/OS DBA Specialist with 12 years of experience with at least 3 years as a Specialist DBA.

Duties:

Managing maintenance of databases including backups, statistics, reorganization, and physical database design
Investigating, analysing and resolving database incidents including performance bottlenecks and connectivity issues
Contributing to continuous improvements within the organization
Developing reports/tools to help manage the environments

Knowledge, skills and ability:

Considerable knowledge of principles and techniques of systems analysis, design, development, and computer programming
Considerable knowledge of principles of information systems
Considerable knowledge of principles and theories of business and planning functions
Considerable knowledge of programming languages; considerable knowledge of project management principles and techniques
Considerable knowledge of principles, problems and techniques of data processing and data communication operations
Considerable knowledge of data processing and data communications equipment and diagnostic tools
Considerable knowledge of methods and procedures used to conduct detailed analysis and design of computer systems
Considerable knowledge of principles of complex computer operating systems
Knowledge of principles and techniques of business information systems reengineering
Knowledge of network protocols and architecture
Knowledge of practices and issues of systems security and disaster recovery
Knowledge of principles and practices of data base management
Considerable interpersonal skills
Considerable oral and written communication skills
Considerable problem solving skills
Considerable technical problem solving skills
Considerable analytical skills
Considerable ability to prepare correspondence, manuals, reports and documentation
Considerable ability to analyse and resolve operational and communications problems
Considerable ability to analyse and debug complex software programs
Considerable ability to identify, analyse and resolve complex business and technical problems

Qualifications:

12 years of experience in information technology (IT) operations, programming, systems/software development or another IT related field with at least 3 years as a DBA Specialist.
Experience with DB2 utilities
Experience with DB2 performance management tuning
Experience with Mainframe Server