Management Level

G

About Organization:
• EQ is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 5,000 employees across UK, US, India, and Poland, it supports 37 Million people in 120 countries. EQ’s purpose is to care for every customer and simplify every transaction, delivered with less of an impact on the environment.
• EQ’ vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base.
• Equiniti is a company that has been built with strong values at the very core of our offering. Dealing with some of the most successful companies and government agencies, excellence, integrity, professionalism, partnership, commercial and innovation are therefore at the heart of everything we do.

The role is based in our Bangalore or Chennai office, the working hours are based on a US working day. There will also be a requirement to participate in a call out rota, and for completing some activities outside of business hours where they may be service affecting.

Role Summary:

The Senior DB2 LUW DBA will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, performance, production, and development support of critical DB2 LUW RDBMS systems, to ensure the availability and consistent performance of our corporate applications. This is a “hands-on” position requiring solid technical skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the deployment and sustainment of all elements of DB2 LUW 11.1, ensuring its operational readiness (security, health, and performance), executing data loads, and support of multiple development teams. The databases-maintained support an enterprise suite of application and management tools. Must be capable of working independently and collaboratively.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
• Manage DB2 LUW servers and databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems
• Configure, maintain, and automate database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security
• Independently analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes
• Assist developers with complex SQL query tuning using monitoring tools
• Provide production support for production processes written in DB2 SQL.
• Provide 24x7 support for critical production systems (upon request)
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members
• Own the Databases and configuration; know which components consume the data e.g. applications etc.
• Be aware of database dependencies

Core Duties/Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience, skills and behaviours:
• 15+ years DB2 LUW Administration experience required
• Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools
• Experience with backups, restores and recovery models
• Strong knowledge of Clustering, High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for DB2 LUW
• Strong knowledge of Data Encryption (at rest and in transit) for DB2 LUW
• Strong knowledge of DB2 SQL and Sourced Stored Procedures
• Knowledge of Toad for DB2 and IBM Client tools
• Strong knowledge of Linux and DB2 User Access Security, Groups and Roles
• Experience with Data Virtualization (Denodo)
• Experience with Database Design
• Experience with Autosys Workload Automation
• Experience with MS PowerShell, Bash, VB Script etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication

EQ India Benefits

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
• 31 days + 8 bank holidays (UK)
• Comprehensive Medical & Life Assurance cover
• Maternity leave of 6 months full pay, 10days paid paternity leave
• Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) for all colleagues
• Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, ****** orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks