Database Administrator - DB2

Wissen Technology is hiring for Database Administrator - DB2

About Wissen Technology: 

At Wissen Technology, we deliver niche, custom -built products that solve complex business challenges across industries worldwide. Founded in 2015, our core philosophy is built around a strong product engineering mindset—ensuring every solution is architected and delivered right the first time. Today, Wissen Technology has a global footprint with 2000+ employees across offices in the US, UK, UAE, India, and Australia. Our commitment to excellence translates into delivering 2X impact compared to traditional service providers. How do we achieve this? Through a combination of deep domain knowledge, cutting -edge technology expertise, and a relentless focus on quality. We don’t just meet expectations—we exceed them by ensuring faster time -to -market, reduced rework, and greater alignment with client objectives. We have a proven track record of building mission -critical systems across industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and more. Wissen stands apart through its unique delivery models. Our outcome -based projects ensure predictable costs and timelines, while our agile pods provide clients with the flexibility to adapt to their evolving business needs. Wissen leverages its thought leadership and technology prowess to drive superior business outcomes. Our success is powered by top -tier talent.  Our mission is clear: to be the partner of choice for building world -class custom products that deliver exceptional impact—the first time, every time.

Job Summary: 

We are looking for a skilled, process -oriented, and proactive Database Administrator (DBA) with 3–5 years of experience in managing enterprise databases and cloud data platforms. The ideal candidate should have strong hands -on expertise in RDBMS technologies such as DB2 and columnar cloud databases, preferably Snowflake, along with exposure to DevOps tools and containerized environments such as Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Git.

The candidate will be responsible for database administration, performance tuning, automation, deployment support, and ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and adherence to operational processes and standards across enterprise data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, monitor, and maintain RDBMS environments, primarily DB2.
  
• Manage and support columnar cloud database platforms, preferably Snowflake.
  
• Perform database backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
  
• Optimize SQL queries, indexing strategies, and database performance.
  
• Support database migration, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning activities.
  
• Follow and contribute to standardized operational processes, documentation, change management, and governance practices.
  
• Ensure adherence to SLA, incident management, release management, and compliance procedures.
  
•  Support CI/CD and DevOps processes related to database deployments and infrastructure automation.
  
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams for release management and environment provisioning.
  
• Work with containerized and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
  
• Utilize Jenkins pipelines for deployment automation and operational workflows.
  
• Maintain version control and configuration management using Git.
  
• Monitor database health, troubleshoot incidents, and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  
• Ensure database security, compliance, and best practices are followed.
  
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and operational procedures.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with RDBMS technologies, specifically: 
  
• IBM DB2
  
• Hands -on experience with columnar cloud databases: Preferably Snowflake
  
• Strong knowledge of SQL scripting and query tuning.
  
•  Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices. 
  

Experience with:

•  Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git/GitHub/GitLab, Understanding Linux/Unix administration.
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is an advantage.
  
• Knowledge of shell scripting or Python for automation is preferred.
  

Behavioural & Process Skills

• Strong process orientation with a focus on operational excellence and governance.
  
• Experience working within defined IT processes, change management, and documentation standards.
  
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  
• Good communication and collaboration abilities.
  
•  Ability to work in a fast -paced and dynamic environment.
  
• Ownership mindset with attention to detail.
  

Wissen Sites: 

• Website: www.wissen.com
  
• LinkedIn: Wissen Technology | LinkedIn
  
• Wissen Leadership: Leadership Team | Wissen
  
• Wissen Live: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wissen -technology/posts/feedView=All
  
• Wissen Thought Leadership: https://www.wissen.com/articles/