About Us (Ensono)
Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.
We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.
About Role
Responsibilities
Maintain documentation of issue cause, action, and resolution in the designated problem tracking system.
Assist the assigned project manager in the migration of newly acquired customers such that all technical hurdles are addressed in a timely manner and do not impede the expected progress of the transition nor the targeted migration date.
In joint co-operation with the Disaster Recovery Services and other technical teams, successfully execute tasks associated with any given customer’s disaster recovery plans.
Adhere to a schedule that efficiently manages resources and allows timely implementations.
Follow ITSM change control procedures
Experience level - 5 to 8 yrs
Mandatory Skills
Bachelor’s degree required and/or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of professional experience in DB2 for administration and systems programming support. CA and IBM tools for DB2 a plus
Experience in building new DB2 subsystem environment
Experience with configuring and managing DB2 in a parallel sysplex, DB2 Datasharing environments
Ability to develop innovation, strategies, processes, and best practices in software management
Experience with reviewing new versions of DB2 for functionality, advising how they benefit the client
Ability to review DB2 security to find potential risks
Experience with reorganization of application data
Experience with reviewing, tuning of internal DB2 buffer pools and SQL code
Experience with supporting DB2 security requests
Support planned (disaster recovery) and unplanned (emergency) database recovery activities
Knowledgeable in best practices of software management, maintenance, and documentation
Experience with establishing policies and procedures pertaining to database management, DR, security, maintenance, and utilization
Ability to evaluate change requests and determine impact to assigned clients and troubleshooting and solving production database issues.
System programming knowledge of multiple Mainframe Database Management Systems is a bonus.
Good to have skills
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to caste, colour, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, HIV status, or any other status protected by law. Candidates with disabilities who require accommodations during the recruitment process are encouraged to contact our Talent Acquisition team to place a request.