Database Administrator DB2 - English speaking (REF4762Q)

As Hungary’s most attractive employer in 2025 (according to Randstad’s representative survey), Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. The company provides a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5300 employees. We have hundreds of large customers, corporations in Germany and in other European countries.

DT-ITS recieved the Best in Educational Cooperation award from HIPA in 2019, acknowledged as the the Most Ethical Multinational Company in 2019. The company continuously develops its four sites in Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged and is looking for skilled IT professionals to join its team.

• Provide infrastructure-level support for IBM DB2 environments (LUW).
• Plan, design, and execute DB2 migration and upgrade activities across versions and platforms.
• Assess and validate compatibility, dependencies, and risks for DB2 upgrade projects.
• Collaborate with architecture, application, and system engineering teams to ensure smooth transitions with minimal downtime.
• Implement DB2 patches, and security updates in alignment with vendor recommendations and customer standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure-related DB2 issues in development, test, and production environments.
• Support performance tuning, capacity planning, and storage optimization during migrations.
• Automate routine DB2 administrative and upgrade tasks using scripting (Shell, Python, Ansible, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies, backup/recovery standards, and audit requirements.
• Provide on-call.

• Proven hands-on experience in DB2 migrations, version upgrades, and platform transitions.
• Strong understanding of DB2 infrastructure components: storage, memory management, logging, HADR, clustering, and replication.
• Experience with DB2 fix packs, patches, and OS compatibility considerations.
• Cross-platform database expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle is a plus.
• Solid knowledge of backup & recovery strategies.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills for complex DB2 infrastructure issues.
• Ability to work in a multi-customer, multi-platform environment with global delivery models.

Join our international team to deliver exceptional service while working directly with German-speaking clients and global stakeholders.

* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Hungary due to European taxation regulation.