Informix DBA (Database Administrator)

(Remote)

Company Information

NexGen Technologies Inc. is a leading IT services firm specializing in delivering innovative highquality solutions to our federal government clients. Our core competencies include IT professional support services software development cloud services IT Operations Agile project management and GIS services.

Job Summary

NexGen is currently seeking a seniorlevelInformix Database Administrator (DBA)to provide operational leadership and technical oversight for missioncritical financial systems. This roleis responsible forensuring the stability accuracy and audit readiness of Informix database environments that support financially sensitive revenueimpacting transactions. The ideal candidatepossessesdeepexpertisein IBM Informix anddemonstratesoperational leadership within complex highavailability production environments. The individual will work collaboratively with NexGen and client stakeholders including subject matter experts technical teams and project management personnel to support operationalobjectivesand compliance requirements.

Supervisory Responsibilities

There are no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (as assigned)

Database Administration & Operations

• Install configure and administerIBM Informixdatabase software and environments across development test and production platformsin accordance withestablished standards.

• Monitor database health performance and capacity to ensure continuous and reliable support of collections and billing operations; proactivelyidentify analyze and implement preventive or corrective actions as needed.

• Perform routine and scheduled database maintenance activities including backup and recovery operations data archiving and data lifecycle management to ensure data integrity and availability.

• Plan coordinate and implement database upgrades patches and configuration changes in a controlled manner to minimize operational risk and business disruption.

• Demonstrate strongproficiencywith Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands to support schema management and data operations.

• Develop andmaintaincomplex scripts and ETL processes to support data integration transformation and operational workflows.

Performance & Reliability

• Create and/or tune SQL PL/SQL UNIX shell scripts indexing and storage structures to support high volume transactional processing and reporting.

• Troubleshoot performance degradation blocking/locking issues and data growth challenges.

• Implement and test high availability disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure fiscal period resiliency.

Data Integrity Compliance & Security

• Safeguard the accuracy and integrity of financial and customer data.

• Implement and enforce access controls auditing and data protection best practices.

• Support internal and external audits by providing database evidence extracts and technical documentation.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory financial and corporate governance requirements.

• Review weekly system vulnerability reports and support the triage prioritization and mitigation of identified findings.

Application & Business Support

• Collaborate with developers and application teams on schema changes stored procedures CRON and batch jobs.

• Support billing cycles invoicing runscollectionsprocessing and reporting workloads.

• Participate in change management release readiness and post implementation validation.

• Provide on call or after-hours support

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain operational documentation including standard operating procedures and fiscal close runbooks.

• Automate recurring administrative and fiscal processes wherefeasible.

• Identifyopportunities to reduce risk improve performance and enhance fiscal period execution.

Technical Skills

• 5 years of experienceadministeringIBM Informixdatabases in production.

• Strong SQL skills and Unix/Linux shell scripting experience.

• Expertise inbackup/recovery performance tuning disaster recovery and troubleshooting.

• Ability tooperateeffectively under deadlines and production pressures.

Desired Skills

• Experience supportingfinancial billing orcollectionssystemswith high data volumes and availability requirements.

• Familiarity with ETL processes reporting platforms or data warehousing integrations.

• Exposure to virtualized cloud or hybrid database environments.

• IBM Informix certification or equivalent database credentials.

Education

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems or equivalent experience.

Additional Requirements

• Strong communicationskills across technical and business stakeholders.

• High attention to detail when handling fiscal and financial data.

• Proven ability to lead time criticalhigh riskoperational events (e.g. EOFY close).

• Calm methodical problem solver with a service-oriented mindset.

• Must be able to pass background screening prior to employment.

• US Citizenship legal permanent residence or US work authorization with a minimum of 3 years of US presence is required due to federal contract requirement.

Physical Requirements

• Reliable internet (50 Mbps down / 25 Mbps up) and a secure remote work environment.
• Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed. (We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions.)

Compensation: $90000-$120000/year

(The successful candidates starting pay will fall within the salary range provided and isdeterminedbased on job-related factors including but not limited to experience qualifications knowledge skills geographic work location and market conditions.)

NexGen Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability genetic information or veteran status.

(Last Revision: 202604-09)