L3 Database Administrator; DBA – DB

A Bachelor’s or Higher Degree is the minimum entry required for the position

Role: L3 Database Administrator (DBA) – DB2

Experience: 8-12 years

Support Model: 24/7

Mandate:
Bachelor's Degree is mandatory

Visa:
Only US Citizen - Need Valid Passport

Skills & Experience

• Extensive hands‑on experience administering IBM Db2 (LUW / distributed) production estates, supporting mission‑critical workloads within tiered service expectations.
• Deep expertise in Db2 High Availability and Disaster Recovery operations, including failover readiness, replication/standby health, and DR execution aligned to strict recovery objectives.
• Proven ownership of Sev‑1 / Sev‑2 incidents, including rapid triage, service restoration, major incident bridge participation, and leading RCA with preventive actions.
• Advanced Db2 performance engineering skills, including SQL optimization, locking/concurrency troubleshooting, memory/buffer pool concepts, and capacity/growth forecasting.
• Demonstrated capability in backup, restore, and recoverability assurance, including restore testing, remediation of backup/restore issues, and audit‑ready recovery evidence.
• Hands‑on proficiency with enterprise monitoring and observability tooling such as App Dynamics, Splunk, Nagios, using telemetry to isolate DB vs app vs infra issues.
• Strong experience with DB/platform tools used in scope, including DBeaver, Toad, Foglight, and ITOC for administration, diagnostics, and operational consistency.
• Ability to analyze repetitive operational patterns (access, provisioning, backup/restore, patching, batch failures) and drive automation and standardization opportunities to reduce run effort.
• Experience operating in security‑ and compliance‑driven environments, supporting access governance, audit logging, encryption expectations, and backup/DR compliance evidence.
• Exposure to collaborating within Service Now AIOps / Event Manager environments (event correlation, anomaly detection, incident prediction, policy‑controlled automation) is an added advantage.

Recommended Certifications

• IBM Certified Db2 v12.1 DBA – Professional (Distributed)
• IBM Certified System Administrator (Db2)
• Windows 2019/22/
  Redhat Linux 8.x/9.x
• ITIL V4

The pay range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000 per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits such as medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance, and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience and location of the candidate.

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Reasonable accommodations are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at ADA_A