Senior Database Administrator - DB2

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first.

With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose : We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society.

We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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Team Overview :

You may be surprised to know that Edward Jones employs thousands of technical resources - all focused on creating world-class experiences for our clients and branch offices.

If you’ve considered Edward Jones in the past, it’s time to take another look. We are in the midst of embracing a modern, cloud-based architecture and are looking for exceptional individuals that want to be a part of that future.

We've invested millions of dollars into new technology platforms to help improve what matters most in our industry, client experience.

We're currently implementing a modern, cloud-based architecture and are looking for talented, and motived professionals that want to be part of providing the best client experience and financial resources possible.

What You'll Do :

Edward Jones is seeking an experienced Db2 DBA to help support our mainframe / Db2 environment. As a Db2 DBA, you will be working closely with data stewards, data architects, business architects, solution architects, and other DBA's to support business needs.

You will work to ensure corresponding physical data models map to the logical data models, assist development teams with complex SQL, troubleshoot production issues, and help with documentation efforts.

Here are a few of the key responsibilities you will be a part of :

• Ensure acceptable database availability and response time by leading database problem diagnosis and resolution, proactive performance monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Establish, promote, and drive change in standards, policies, and best practices for database design, data access, security, storage, and technology lifecycle management.
• Perform complex data access code reviews, recommending changes to developers.
• Provide after-hours and weekend support. Participates in primary on call rotation.

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What Experience You'll Need : #Dice

• Bachelor's degree and / or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience / subject matter expert as a DB2 database administrator, including experience with :
• MVS or z / OS
• Patching, Tuning, Replication
• IDMS DML
• Data Modeling
• COBOL, CICIS, JCL

What Could Set You Apart :

• Experience with any / all the following -
• Database tools, examples include : Platinum, SQL Developer, OEM / Grid, Toad
• Physical and logical replication, examples include : Q-Replication / Data
• Propagator (DB2)

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with a preference for Tuesday through Thursday.

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

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At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being.

Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing.

The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate :

Salary : $81750 - $139194

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