Database Administrator

We are searching for a talented Database Administrator to become part of Peraton's Citizens Security & Public Services, State and Regional
team supporting a contract with the state of Alabama. This position will be on site in Montgomery, Alabama. Candidate will need to interview onsite for this role.

What you'll do:
The Database Administrator will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:
The ability to work on a diverse team or with a diverse range of people as one of three onsite DB2 z/OS application DBAs for the
customer
Demonstrate proficiency with the DB2 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Prepare for, participate in and provide a DB2 and application performance and tuning perspective from initial development design
through implementation
Use your experience with DB2 to address and resolve problems
Tune the SQL statements in application programs for assigned projects from initial design, development through production
Logical & physical database design for projects
Database maintenance, on-call rotation, problem determination and resolution, database security. Candidate will be part of a 24
hour on call support team and will need to work off hours on some weekends and holidays.
Evaluate new products and tools, test and implement new or upgraded software
Collaborate on annual ALECS Disaster Recovery exercises
Design, implement and support database and application backup and recovery solutions using IBM and BMC tools.
Upgrade and maintain DB2 and related 3rd party software at or above release levels of N-1
Adhere to all contract SLAs

Qualifications
BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5
Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science, Business Administration, Mathematics or related field with 6 years of
experience. An addition 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree requirement.
Minimum of 6 years of IT Mainframe experience
Minimum of 5 years of DB2 zOS mainframe DBA experience
Minimum 3 years of COBOL/DB2 mainframe application software development database administration support
Experience with DB2 Connect
BMC third party software experience (Catalog, Change, DASD, and Recovery Manager, Load, Unload, Copy, Recover, SQL Explorer,
Apptune, Logmaster)
Ability to troubleshoot mainframe and distributed processing problems in a DB2 Connect Enterprise server environment.
Ability to directly interfacing with clients from end users to project management, sensitive to clients' needs, able to develop warm
client relationships
Ability to travel to annual off site disaster recovery exercise
Preferred Qualifications: Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
1 year experience with Powerdesigner or other logical modeling tool
1 year experience with DB2 COBOL Stored Procedures
1 year State government customer DBA project experience
1 year Customer site DBA delivery experience
1 year 24 x 7 x 365 DBA on call support delivery
1 year SQL Server DBA experience
1 year with SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or other ETL tool

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status ").