Database Systems Engineer

This position will support the EIM / Database Administration Team of VSG Business Solutions LLC. The successful candidate will provide design, coding and performance tuning services at the database level in support of multiple large scale, high visibility applications.

• Expert analysis, support, development, reengineering, and implementation of multiple business applications.
• Support is required for specific programming languages (COBOL, SQL, and Java), for specific database management systems (DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW, IDMS, SQL Server), and using specific technologies (MQ Series, CICS, Sort, JCL, VSAM, Unix scripting, DBI performance tools, Erwin, TSO/ISPF, Data Studio, z/OS, AIX, IBM Data Replication).
• Provide performance analysis and tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, benchmark design.
• Develop a streamlined process for database migrations.
• Design methodologies for data synchronization from operational data stores to a data warehouse across multiple database platforms and varied DBMS.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing DB2 or IDMS database structures for enterprise systems, providing guidance to large teams, and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

• 84+ months: Candidate is 84 months experience in designing DB2 or IDMS database structures for enterprise systems able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.
• 84 months experience with application and SQL performance analysis and tuning.
• 84 months experience with CICS Design.
• 84 months experience with physical database design.
• 84 months experience writing shell scripts.
• 84 months experience maintaining logical and physical database designs with Erwin.
• 84 months experience creating database standards and procedures.
• 84 months experience performing database upgrades for DB2 or Oracle.

$120,000 - $180,000 per year based on location and experience.