Senior Database Administrator
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026.
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and support database systems for applications across Enterprise. Manage design, distribution, performance, replication, security, availability, and access requirements for large and complex IBM DB2/LUW databases from version 10.1 to 11.5 on AIX and RedHat Linux. Design and develop physical layers of databases to support various application needs. Implement back-up, recovery, archiving, conversion strategies, and performance tuning. Manage job scheduling, application release, database change and compliance. Make use of advanced database features including partitioning, advanced compression, and multitenant architecture. Identify and resolve problems using structured tools and techniques. Provide technical assistance and mentoring to staff in all aspects of database management. Consult and advise application development teams on database security, query optimization and performance. Write scripts for automating database administration routine tasks and documents database maintenance processing flows per standards.
Required Qualifications
Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (will accept foreign education equivalent) and four (4) years of experience performing application database implementation, including use of IBM DB2 LUW including Informix and relevant areas. Position also requires the following: four (4) years of experience with DB2 LUW and Informix database administration on Unix and Linux operating systems with application database implementation; knowledge of all key IBM DB2/LUW utilities such as HADR, Reorg, Runstats, Load, backup/recovery, DB upgrade and migration; three (3) years of experience UNIX/Linux shell scripting for automating DBA routine tasks and documents database maintenance processing flows per standards; experience managing database elements, including creation, alteration, deletion and copying of schemas, databases, tables, views, indexes, stored procedures, triggers, and integrity constraints; experience analyzing modern IT infrastructure including Cloud Architecture and Agile DevOps Framework; and experience performing automation using tools and programming such as Ansible and Python.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $134,640 - $149,800. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.