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# DB2 LUW DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

- **Company:** LISTED INC.
- **Location:** New York, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, IBM DB2, Perl (Programming Language), Apache Hadoop, HP Systems Insight Manager, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Service Pack, Shell Script, SQL Stored Procedures, Google Data Studio, Sql Tuning
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/db2-luw-dba-database-administrator-alpha-technologies-inc-usa-8150224

## About the Role

Extensive experience with planning, documenting and performing upgrades and migration, setting up new database environments. Design and plan upgrade strategies including coordination with the applications and business users. Upgrade plans must include checklist, milestones, complete checkout, and exercised fallback procedures.

## Description

Provide performance tuning support to development teams for resolving issues with space usage, stored procedures, SQL Tuning and application monitoring.

Understand metadata, metrics, trending, and automation.

Advise developers for best practice, rollout implementation support.

Implement fixpacks and security patches when required.

Familiar with Performance Expert and OPM (Optimal Performance Manager). Configure, test, and install.

Monitor production databases and dbm settings, adjusting for optimal performance and throughput.

Technical expertise in the following desirable: DB2 z/OS, Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop, MySQL, MongoDB, PERL, Shell Script, Data Studio, AD.


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