Database Administrator Senior - DB2

Database Administrator Senior | ECommerce Database Services | US/Canada Anywhere

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.

We’re looking for a Database Administrator Senior to join our ever-evolving Information Technology team to help us unleash the potential of every business.

Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

About the team

ECommerce Database Services 

Our Database Services team keeps us moving each day. The team oversees the database systems that deal with high volume OLTP, mission critical batch job and large database warehouse. 

The environment the team in charge of covers development, QA, production, DR and more with about total sized 2PB databases. 

What you’ll own

• Database related software Installation, configuration, tuning and patching, this includes but not limited to Db2 LUW, PostgreSql, EFM, Pgbouncer

• Daily support for production and non-prod environments, proact and react to issues, need rotation to be on call for production support

• Maintain a high available, reliable production environment

• Handling Disaster recovery on a planned flip over or unplanned outage

• Monitor, capture, and performance tuning bad SQLs

• Capacity planning and scaling the system to full fill the fast-growing business

• Expand and shrink database storage

• Script and automate the day-to-day tasks

• Provide consult service to engineers when they create tables, write SQLs etc.

Where you’ll own it

While we’re a large team of Worldpayers based in North America, this position may be remotely anywhere within the United States or Canada - excluding West Coast time zones.

What you bring

• Inclusive - You collaborate, encouraging others to perform at their best, always welcoming new perspectives

• Curious – You ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day

• At least 8 years of DBA experience with 5 years of hands-on experience in IBM Db2 LUW

• Strong experience in Linux

• Solid shell scripting skill and be able to write DB maintenance scripts for automation

• Experience in multi-data center, disaster recovery and high availability, business continuity

• Be able to identify and own the tuning or maintenance items

• Troubleshooting skill - be able to narrow down and pinpoint to the root cause and provide the proper fix

• Be able to handle high pressure when deal with production issues,

• Be efficient and meet deadline for projects

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or information technology or equivalent years of experience

Worldpay perks - what we’ll bring for you

We know it’s bigger than just your career. It’s your life, and your world. That’s why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here’s a taste of what you can expect.

• A competitive salary and benefits.

• Time to support charities and give back to your community.

• Parental leave policy.

• Global recognition platform.

• Virgin Pulse access.

• Global employee assistance program.

What makes a Worldpayer

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