Overview
On Site
Hybrid
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Contract - W2
Skills
DB2 UDB
AIX
BASH
KSH
DISASTER RECOVERY
PYTHON
Job Details
DPP is seeking a Senior System Support Administrator for an opportunity in Columbia, SC.
Required education/equivalencies:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Daniel at to learn more about this position (#25-00440).
Work arrangement:
- Partial onsite: 3 days/week onsite and as needed. Fully onsite during initial training
- W2 position; 6 months
- Candidates who are foreign nationals must have resided in the US for at least three (3) of the last five (5) years prior to assignment to the client s applicable government contract.
- Support day-to-day operations by responding to work action requests from customers when assigned, installing patches and upgrades, working assigned days as Hot Seat routing new customer requests to the team, participating in regular meetings and workgroups with the DBAs and data analytics staff
- Participate in the modernization effort, including implementing an IBM P10 data warehouse, moving from AIX servers to Linux, implementing Python to replace SAS, implementing new security measures and SSO, and implementing DevOps/DevSecOps.
- DB2 UDB database management
- Strong knowledge of RHEL and AIX operating systems
- Bash, ksh
- DevOps
- SOS
- Containerization
- Understand backup\restore\disaster recovery strategies
- OpenShift, IBM IIAS, Kubernetes, Python, GitHub, DB2 UDB architecture experience, cloud administration, Commvault
- Implementing STIG and/or equivalent security standards
- User ID management strategies
- Troubleshooting and resolving networking/firewall issues
- Ability to self-manage, lead projects, and train other team members.
- Looking for an entrepreneurial spirit; a true desire to make things better and more modern.
- An architect brain with experience and big ideas.
- 4 years of technical experience with systems analysis, design, and/or programming experience or other job-related IT experience.
Required education/equivalencies:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree;
- OR, Associates degree in CS, IT, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience;
- OR, 4 years job-related work experience (total x8 years without a degree)
- The team is small - 14 people - and everyone works very well together. There is a mix of local and remote, but they meet on video (required) daily to maintain an in-person feeling.
- They are the systems and DBA part of a larger Medicare Statistical Analysis Department, but the data warehouse has grown to serve more than statistical analysis.
- They are in the middle of a large modernization effort that is replacing all of their systems over the course of two years.
- Work hours: M-F 9-5:30 (flexible partial onsite)- Occasional after hours and weekends to do maintenance outside of business hours.
- Provide system/production support and monitoring for applications, batch cycles, releases, projects, installations, etc. Participate in work sessions for system support and problem resolution. May provide coordination in workload transition tasks.
- Perform/Support installation, configuration, administration, implementation, scheduling and/or tuning/modification of applications. Provide support for moderate to complex system/production performance concerns. Collaborate with various internal groups and external vendors to ensure all specifications are met and problems are resolved as they arise.
- Assist in analysis of problems/issues. Perform corrective actions whenever possible to fix applications that end abnormally and/or notify technical support for resolution. Communicate with applications on-call persons to repair applications that ended abnormally. Consult with senior level peers on projects of greater complexity.
- Evaluate system performance in real-time as well as via reports for release related issues. Monitor and report on scheduled batch and online applications for successful/unsuccessful execution. Review all abnormal results/issues to production processing from previous cycles and verify that they have been logged/resolved. May run necessary system backups.
- Verify Production and Test environments are up and functioning properly. Perform testing responsibilities as needed. Review and/or create documentation for accuracy, future problems, and company standards.
- Participate in work sessions and walkthroughs for quality and production implementations, releases, data conversion projects and/or disaster recovery exercises. Attend implementation meetings to determine impact to system availability and assignment of team resources for these implementations.
- Look for improvement opportunities in the cycles and in procedures. May create new programs to automate the release process where possible. Assist and provide recommendations in applications enhancement projects.
- Comprehends data storage techniques, database philosophy, database management, and programming techniques. Strong understanding of the requirements for maintaining production systems and the effect of program changes. Understands how to use structured techniques in new program development. Strong understanding of development, quality assurance, and integration methodologies. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Able to work well under pressure and as part of a team. Pays attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of relevant operating systems, programming languages, and/or development/productivity tools and their usage in the company.
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Daniel at to learn more about this position (#25-00440).
Authorized US Worker - s and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D
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