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L.L.Bean is looking for an Oracle and DB2 expert to join our IS Team in Freeport, Maine.

This position will be a hybrid position working some days from home and some days at our Headquarters in Freeport, Maine.

Position Purpose:

Designs and maintains the most complex physical data base structures supporting a

shareable base of corporate information and ensuring that corporate data is effectively implemented.

Provides technical leadership for moderate-sized business efforts. Responsible for development and

adherence to database environment standards. Competent to work at the highest level of all phases of

database management, under limited supervision.

Responsibilities:

Create, develop and review physical database model from the logical model of large size

databases and complex systems; ensure design complies with standards, guidelines and

procedures; research and analyze the impact of proposed changes and additions to the

installed databases .

• Ability to help set processes for best practices and documentation .

• Instrumental in developing DBMS environment standards and procedures.

• Provide data modeling guidance.

• Provide technical leadership for moderate-sized business efforts .

• Maintain and disseminate knowledge of DBMS software capabilities.

• Pro vide active and continuous support for Application Development teams: attend design .

and code walk- thrus , ensure DBMS coding standards are enforced, provide innovative

solutions.

• Proactively monitor performance and tune the database; identify problems in code or

database design and oversee resolution.

• Design backup/recovery environment and procedures.

• Reorganize database structures as needed.

• Support and implement new releases of DBMS software; implement new features where

appropriate .

• Work with Application Development teams on complex, interrelated systems designs using

the most complex technologies.

• Mentors less experienced DBA's and application developers.

Qualifications:

• Years of Experience: 5+ years

Skills and Qualifications:

• Advanced, broad knowledge of Oracle and DB2 LUW DBMS’s.

• Advanced knowledge of data/database administration concepts and trends.

• Familiarity with DBMS architecture; ability to provide consultation to database architects.

• Knowledge of L.L. Bean as a company.

• Understanding of vulnerability management and best practices.

• Understanding of Service Level Agreements and how to manage 24 x 7 databases.

• Advanced knowledge and experience of backup and restore best practices and implementation. Commvault knowledge is a plus.

• Advanced skills in the technical platforms specific to L.L.Bean - Oracle, IBM DB2 LUW, and Linux OS.

• Advanced use of DBA tools such as Enterprise Manager, Toad, and Spotlight (and/or others).

• Experienced in large, complex database design with many tables, inputs, outputs, and users.

• Experienced in IBM DB2 LUW Data Partitioning Facility (DPF) and Tivoli System Automation (TSA).

• Experience in Upgrading and patching Database versions, DB2 and Oracle.

• Experienced SQL skills including use and optimization techniques.

• Advanced knowledge in troubleshooting database errors and performance issues.

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to promote ideas, advocate for change and resolve issues across teams and technologies.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work as a team to share ideas and concepts.

• Experience with shell scripting is a plus.

  If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan. Because, when it comes to the outside—we’re all in. Visit llbeancareers.com to learn more.

  Being outside brings out the best in us, no matter where we come from or what we believe. At L.L.Bean, we value individual differences and encourage our co-workers to be themselves – because the uniqueness of each individual makes L.L.Bean better.

  Over a century ago, company founder Leon Leonwood Bean set out to make a boot to keep hunters’ feet warm and dry. Today, we continue to follow the trail he blazed, adding new paths to help more people discover the outdoors, whether it’s the thrill of sea kayaking, the quiet of early morning fishing or the vigor of a challenging climb. Of course, we remain true to L.L.’s core values, and are committed to quality, service, and putting the outside, inside everything we make. So join us, adventure awaits…

Being outside brings out the best in us, no matter where we come from or what we believe. At L.L.Bean, we value individual differences and encourage our co-workers to be themselves – because the uniqueness of each individual makes L.L.Bean better.