DB2 Database Administrator

The company and our mission:

Zartis is a global AI transformation and technology consulting partner where talented engineers and technologists work on cutting edge innovation. We partner with ambitious organizations to design, build, and scale technology solutions that deliver real impact.

Our teams bring deep expertise in AI driven platforms, secure API architectures, and cloud native engineering. You will work on meaningful projects that accelerate the adoption of advanced technologies, from strategy and discovery through to full product delivery, helping turn complex challenges into measurable outcomes.

With engineering hubs across EMEA and LATAM, and long term partnerships in financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and climate, we offer opportunities to work on projects that truly matter. Here, you will not just build technology, you will drive business impact and grow your career alongside industry leaders.

We are looking for a DB2 Database Administrator to work on a project in the consultancy in the media industry.

The project:

Our teammates are talented people that come from a variety of backgrounds. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture based on trust and innovation.

You will be part of a distributed team where you will be the owner of their enterprise BI platform: a large-scale, production IBM DB2 system serving critical business analytics across the organization. You'll manage infrastructure, optimize performance, ensure data security and availability, and lead the technical evolution of this mission-critical platform.

What you will do:

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Administer and maintain the IBM Db2 12.1.2 Warehouse on Cloud environment (24-node MPP cluster).

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Own performance tuning and query optimization across a complex, high-volume analytical workload.

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Manage storage, backup, and recovery operations to ensure platform resilience.

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Configure and maintain security policies and access controls.

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Provide advisory on schema design and data architecture decisions.

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Collaborate with data engineers and analytics leads on platform health and scalability.

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Support the ongoing infrastructure migration from IBM Cloud to AWS where relevant.

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Document database configurations, processes, and best practices.

What you will bring:

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Hands-on production DB2 administration experience, ideally with Db2 Warehouse or MPP environments.

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Strong expertise in performance tuning and query optimization on DB2.

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Experience with storage management, backup strategies, and disaster recovery.

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Knowledge of DB2 security configuration and access control best practices.

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Ability to advise on schema design and contribute to architectural decisions.

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Comfortable working in complex, established production environments

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Strong communication skills and ability to work within a distributed team

Nice to have:

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Experience with Snowflake, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server

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Exposure to IBM Cloud or AWS-hosted DB2 environments

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Familiarity with analytics or BI platform architectures

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Experience supporting database migration projects

What we offer:

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100% Remote Work

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WFH allowance: Monthly payment as financial support for remote working.

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Career Growth: We have established a career development program accessible for all employees with a 360º feedback that will help us to guide you in your career progression.

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Training: For Tech training at Zartis, you have time allocated during the week at your disposal. You can request from a variety of options, such as online courses (from Pluralsight and Educative.io, for example), English classes, books, conferences, and events.

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Mentoring Program: You can become a mentor in Zartis or you can receive mentorship, or both.

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Zartis Wellbeing Hub (Kara Connect): A platform that provides sessions with a range of specialists, including mental health professionals, nutritionists, physiotherapists, fitness coaches, and webinars with such professionals as well.

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Multicultural working environment: We organize tech events, webinars, parties, and activities to do online team-building games and contests.