Database Administrator DBA
Location
Provincia di Reggio nell'Emilia | Italy
Job description
Note: The Primary work location will be remote with Telework. However travel may be required to customer location when required by the endclient as described under the section below on Travel.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science or equivalent education.
- Minimum of 5 to 8 years of Unisys DBA experience on an OS 2200 platform.
- 12 years of Unisys DBA experience on an OS 2200 platform experience in lieu of degree.
- Must be client focused display interpersonal skills and be an effective team member.
Required Skills:
- Experience as a DBA on Unisys OS 2200 primarily for Database Management System (DMS 2200) (Network Database) but also Relational Database Management System (RDMS 2200) using fundamental principles theories techniques and methodologies of data processing systems analysis.
- Knowledge of computer programming database design and applicable tools.
- Experience with Unisys COBOL both ACOB and UCOB.
Desired Skills:
- Knowledge of MetaAssembler (MASM) Symbolic System Generator (SSG) CMplus ALN (Access Location Number).
Job Description:
- Selected candidate will provide Unisys database administration design and development support in a diverse fastpaced & growing environment of a Federal Government Agency. The Database Administrator will collaborate with Development teams to modify and tune new and existing database access interfaces as well as analyze database performance as needed.
- The DBA candidate will support the operations and maintenance of nonproduction databases and provide secondary support to production database support personnel. The operating environment consists of multiple Unisys Dorado 8590 partitions. Most applications utilize DMS 2200 databases with a few smaller applications utilizing RDMS 2200. The DBA will have experience with upgrading database system software such as UDS DMS and RDMS including the support/inclusion of local code; modification of existing schemas subschemas and RDMS tables; maintaining and executing UCOB applications; programming planning designing developing analyzing testing and resolving application problems using the databases; knowledge of database backup restore recovery capabilities.
Day to Day Job Responsibilities:
- Employ technologies to support applications development and routine maintenance of Unisys databases: DDL SDDL UREP etc.
- Troubleshoot the problems and design solutions to operational and/or performance problems with the databases.
- Work with management to develop database strategies to support agency needs; Consult and advise users on the use of databases.
- Answer questions about installation operation configuration customization and usage of databaserelated software products. Identify and solve application and system problems and issues on a 24x7 basis.
- Apply diagnostic techniques to identify problems investigates causes and recommends solutions to correct failures.
- Provide alerts and situation status information to the customer management team.
- Coordinate critical issues as well as new product and/or system implementations.
- Monitor performance and ensures completion of operational processes including incident resolution root cause analysis change management and continual service improvement.
- Prepare approve and coordinate the implementation of technical documentation and ensures that technical documentation is current accurate and complete.
- Identify develop and conduct training needs for others as appropriate.
- May participate in or lead defined project activities and initiates process improvements.
- Will be required to provide on call support when required.
- Perform database administration maintenance and operational support activities for the customer.
- Implement schema changes as directed by the business unit on a biannual basis and coordinate the changes with all Unisys applications within the customer environment.
- Performs system/application and database monitoring alerting database performance tuning.
- Work with developers and others to support their ability to use the data to further the interests of the customer. This includes data cleanup conversions running scripts synchronizing versions database upgrades etc.
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