Database Administrator

DB2 Database Administrator

Location:

Bucharest, Romania (Remote)

About Gini Talent

Gini Talent is a global recruitment and staffing company operating across multiple countries, supporting leading international clients with technology, AI, engineering, and digital transformation projects.

As one of the top global talent partners in the IT industry, we connect highly skilled professionals with innovative companies and long-term career opportunities worldwide. Our expertise spans permanent recruitment, staffing, EOR/PEO services, and large-scale technology operations.

We are currently looking for a

DB2 Database Administrator

to join one of our global clients in Bucharest, Romania.

About Our Client

Our client is a globally recognized technology-driven organization delivering enterprise-scale solutions for international markets. The company fosters a collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation, scalability, infrastructure reliability, and continuous improvement.

This role offers the opportunity to work with large-scale database environments, high-availability architectures, and mission-critical enterprise systems within a global and multicultural environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support DB2 database environments across Development, Test, QA, and Production systems.
• Create and manage DB2 instances and databases while ensuring optimal performance and availability.
• Configure and maintain backup and recovery solutions using TSM.
• Troubleshoot DB2 issues by analyzing diagnostic logs, notification logs, memory trackers, db2pd outputs, and other monitoring tools.
• Perform database patching, upgrades, migrations, and routine maintenance activities.
• Manage online and offline backups, export/import operations, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Monitor database performance and perform SQL tuning, database tuning, and execution plan analysis.
• Install and configure DB2 clients and related database products.
• Support partitioned database environments and high-availability configurations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure database reliability, security, and performance.
• Participate in on-call support and incident resolution activities.
• Follow ITIL processes and operational best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5\+ years of experience in DB2 Database Administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with

DB2 UDB (V8\.x, V9\.x, and/or 10\.x)

.

• Experience with DB2 partitioning and high-availability environments.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in DB2 instance creation, database creation, backup configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, including DDL and DML operations.
• Experience with backup and recovery using TSM.
• Experience managing online and offline backups, export/import operations, and database maintenance activities.
• Hands-on experience supporting DB2 on UNIX/Linux environments.
• Knowledge of UNIX shell scripting and awk scripting.
• Strong experience in performance tuning, including SQL optimization, DB and DBM tuning, and explain plan analysis.
• Understanding of Enterprise Backup Solutions.
• Good understanding of DPF (Database Partitioning Feature).
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively within global teams.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and perform under pressure.

Nice to Have

Experience with one or more of the following database technologies:

• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• MySQL
• MongoDB