DB2 Consultant and Database Architect

Shift: US Shift

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise DB2 LUW administration, architecture, upgrades, migrations, and modernization programs.
• Design and implement highly available DB2 environments using HADR, replication, failover, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Lead DB2 migrations to AWS, including on-premises/EC2 to Amazon RDS for Db2.
• Work with AWS services such as RDS for Db2, EC2, S3, and AWS DMS.
• Develop cloud migration strategies, HA/DR architectures, security frameworks, and operational standards.
• Perform advanced DB2 performance tuning, workload optimization, indexing, capacity planning, and storage optimization.
• Support production DB2 environments, including critical incident resolution, RCA, and performance troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cloud, architecture, and business teams.
• Lead and mentor DB2 technical teams across global consulting engagements.
• Establish DB2 administration, cloud adoption, governance, and operational best practices.
• Develop automation using Shell, SQL, Python, Ansible, and Terraform/IaC.

Required Skills

• 8 - 15 years of experience in enterprise database technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with IBM DB2 LUW.
• Proven experience in DB2 installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, migration, and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with DB2 HADR, HA/DR, failover, and disaster recovery.
• Experience leading DB2 migration and modernization initiatives.
• Strong AWS/cloud database experience.
• Experience with Amazon RDS for Db2 is highly preferred.
• Experience with AWS DMS, S3, EC2, networking, security, and connectivity is an advantage.
• Experience with Shell scripting, SQL, Python, Ansible, or Terraform.
• Strong architecture, consulting, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
• Experience mentoring teams and working with global customers.