Job Description

Are you an information management professional looking for a change? Dillards is looking for an enthusiastic database administrator to join our team.

We support hundreds of databases for applications utilized by all areas of our retail business (Store personnel, Apparel buyers, Fulfillment staff, HR, Accounting, Executives, and much more).

Youll get the opportunity to work alongside a great group of DBAs, as well as, regularly interact and collaborate with the other IT teams on assignments making a difference for our business.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure required database resources are available to business users and application programming staff
SQL Tuning
Provide technical direction to application programming staff
Backup and Recovery
Logical and Physical modeling and design
Work with system programming staff to plan and implement maintenance, upgrades, and migrations
Research and planning related to new technologies, application rewrites, and implementation of new applications
Data Governance
An emphasis on the automation of redundant and repetitive practices
Keep abreast of current industry best practices
Placement in on-call rotation

REQUIRED SKILLS

Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
Ability to work onsite at Corporate Headquarters in Little Rock, AR
3+ years of Db2 for z/OS or Db2 for LUW (Unix/Linux) database administration experience
Have worked with Db2 for z/OS Version 11+ OR Db2 for LUW 11.1+
Strong SQL language programming and tuning skills
Self motivated individual
Ability to work well with a group and independently
Advanced knowledge of one or more programming languages
Work well under pressure and be able to thrive in a dynamic and diverse environment
Ability to deal with frequent interruptions
Good communication skills, both verbal and written
Proven research skills
Ability to solve problems independently

DESIRED SKILLS

5+ years of IT experience
Db2 for z/OS administrator experience
Db2 for LUW on Unix/Linux administrator experience
Db2 for z/OS Data Sharing experience
MongoDB administrator experience
IBM Change Data Capture or Infosphere Data Replication experience

MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
3