Contract - 6-9 Months

Location : Remote / PAN India

• Experienced DB2 technology lead with 8-15 years of expertise in enterprise database architecture, modernization, cloud migration, and operational excellence.

• Professional attitude, with a growth mindset seeking to drive change and improvement in all aspects of the role

• Lead the installation, configuration, administration, and upgrade of IBM DB2 LUW environments across enterprise landscapes.

• Design and execute complex DB2 version upgrades, migrations, and cloud transformation projects with minimal disruption to business operations.

• Architect and manage highly available DB2 environments utilizing HADR, pureScale, replication technologies, failover automation, and disaster recovery solutions.

• Drive migration of on-premises DB2 databases to Amazon RDS for Db2 including DMS-based migration, backup/restore via S3, endpoint and connectivity validation, network isolation/security review, and post-migration performance baselining.

• Design and support cloud-native database architectures using Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and managed database offerings.

• Implement enterprise backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery strategies aligned with organizational standards.

• Provide guidance on cloud database services, hybrid cloud architectures, security, governance, and operational best practices.

• Perform advanced database performance tuning, workload optimization, indexing strategies, capacity planning, and storage optimization.

• Develop automation solutions using Shell Scripting, SQL, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices.

• Collaborate with architects, project managers, application teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic database solutions.

• Support production environments, including critical issue resolution, root cause analysis, and on-call escalation management.

• Establish database standards, operational procedures, and cloud migration frameworks for enterprise adoption.

• Mentor technical teams and provide leadership across global delivery engagements.