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In this role, you will ensure the high availability, security, and peak performance of the core DB2 systems that directly support our vital healthcare operations. We are looking for a collaborative professional who thrives in a complex environment, values rigorous data governance, and is eager to foster a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.\nYour Day-to-Day Impact\nDatabase Administration & Architecture\nAdminister, maintain, and support robust DB2 databases across production and test environments.\nDesign, create, modify, and maintain core database objects, including tablespaces, tables, indexes, views, packages, and plans.\nImplement database changes, upgrades, patches, and releases following established change management and peer review (\"four-eye\") processes.\nSupport capacity planning, growth management, and storage utilization forecasting.\nPerformance Tuning & Troubleshooting\nMonitor and tune database and SQL performance to optimize application response times and resource utilization.\nConduct impact analyses and technical reviews for database enhancements and production rollouts.\nLead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and problem management, including participation in on-call support rotations.\nReliability, Backup & Compliance\nExecute and test database backups, disaster recovery plans, and recovery strategies.\nPerform functional testing and validation following maintenance, upgrades, and infrastructure changes.\nEnsure strict adherence to organizational policies, regulatory requirements, audit controls, and database governance standards.\nCollaboration & Development Support\nPartner with application development teams to provide database design guidance, SQL optimization, and technical consulting.\nMentor team members and promote best practices across the organization.\nParticipate in release planning, deployment activities, and post-implementation validation.\nAutomation & Continuous Improvement\nDevelop and maintain automation scripts and utilities to streamline operational efficiency.\nMaintain accurate database standards, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance database stability, availability, and security.\nESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES\nCreate, develop, and review the physical model created from the logical model, ensuring that the detailed physical design of data structures and databases complies with standards, guidelines and procedures recommended for all aspects of data modeling, database design, and maintenance. Provide support for application staff and business areas regarding database implementations, which could include a customized in-house database and/or a third party application package. Establish automated monitor mechanism for space and database availability conditions. Establish best practices for database and application high availability through the use of third party technologies and through the exploitation of various database features.\nProvide applications support for staff, as well as, outside division to answer questions and resolve problems related to the DBMS technology and computing platform such as Z/OS, UNIX, Linux, and Windows. Conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve problems impacting application and/or database availability and service levels. Contact vendor support when necessary to facilitate application development and client problem resolution with optimum speed and efficiency.\nProvide after hours and weekend support as required for on call responsibilities, database refreshes, testing, technology upgrades, and other off hour assignments.\nParticipate in establishing and maintaining technical standards, departmental procedures, and other technical documentation as required. Assure compliance to required Corporate standards, procedures, guidelines and processes, including audits.\nAssist in identifying, developing, and providing technology training to the application developers of the organization (formal and informal). Participate in staff training opportunities (formal and informal) relative to rules, procedures, and standards for the access and maintenance of shared data resources.\nParticipate as assigned to intra and inter-departmental project initiatives. Participate as assigned in the testing and recommendation of tools and utilities to improve the effectiveness of managing and supporting the database environments.\nMaintain contacts with other DBA professionals externally in other Health Insurance/Health Care industries and/or other industries to maintain a perspective of current trends and best practices.\nOther duties as assigned or requested.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nMinimum\nHigh school diploma GED\n1-3 years of experience in Information Technology\nPreferred\nLicenses or Certifications: Vendor DBA Certifications for the relevant DBMS\nWork Experience: Health insurance business knowledge.\nLanguage (Other than English):\nNone\nTravel Requirement:\n0% - 25%\nPHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS\nPosition Type\nOffice-based\nTeaches / trains others regularly\nOccasionally\nTravel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site\nRarely\nWorks primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)\nNever\nPhysical work site required\nYes\nLifting: up to 10 pounds\nConstantly\nLifting: 10 to 25 pounds\nOccasionally\nLifting: 25 to 50 pounds\nRarely\nDisclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.\nCompliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.\nAs a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy. \nFurthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.\nPay Range Minimum:\n$79,300.00Pay Range Maximum:\n$127,100.00Base pay is determined by a variety of factors including a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expected contributions, as well as internal peer equity, market, and business considerations. The displayed salary range does not reflect any geographic differential Highmark may apply for certain locations based upon comparative markets.\nHighmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\nCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act Employees, Contractors, and Applicants Notice","description_format":"text","description_chars":7781,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":true}]},"benefits":["Equity","Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hospitals & Health Systems","Health Insurance & Benefits"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T19:08:17Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-25T07:25:17Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":127100,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/highmark-health-db2-database-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/highmark-health-db2-database-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T10:04:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13651,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":20346},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=20346"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhighmark-health-db2-database-administrator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhighmark-health-db2-database-administrator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhighmark-health-db2-database-administrator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/highmark-health-db2-database-administrator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhighmark-health-db2-database-administrator"}]}