PTL.Data Platform Engineer I
Submission for the position: Associate Data Platform Engineer III - (Job Number: 2209937)
https://gopenske.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=2209937&lang=en
Associate Data Platform Engineer III
About Penske:
Most people know us for our big yellow trucks. But we’re so much more than that. At Penske we have a 50-plus year history of leading the transportation and supply-chain industry, delivering world-class and award-winning technology solutions and the key to our success is our people.
We are experiencing rapid business growth and have added headcounts to IT teams across the organization to keep up with this expansion. Going into Spring/Summer 2022, we are hiring immediately for full-time, long-term roles. At Penske you will ensure our technology solutions keep our company and our customers moving forward.
What You Will Be Doing:
As a Penske Associate Data Platform Engineer III, you will participate in all aspects of guiding and supporting development teams as they implement and deploy their applications on cloud or on-premise platforms. In this role, you will specifically be responsible for the DB2 environment. You will work with the software development teams to troubleshoot issues as they occur while also building, scaling, and maturing the DB2 for i (a.k.a. DB2/400, IBM i, iSeries) platform. You will have an opportunity to lead the design of certain platform components and suggest new technology/tools based on industry and technological trends and advances. You will also consult with product owners and senior members of the staff to understand the business and application requirements and provide suggestions based on platform best practices. Focusing on high-level and technical systems design you will collaborate with Architects and Engineers to help build and maintain a robust environment for application development, deployment, hosting, data storage and ingestion.
This position must sit out of either our corporate location in Reading, PA, or Tampa, FL.
Penske Responsibilities:
• Act as the primary contact and lead support associate for multiple critical components of the platform and help resolve customer issues in a timely manner
• Collaborate with development staff to ensure database changes follow Penske’s change management procedures and comply with established outage schedules
• Run through query review workflow within defined SLAs
• Identify poorly running processes in production - CPU, plan cache analysis
• Execute data fixes and after-hours database deploys
• Perform on-going research to explore new features, versions, and related technologies, and provide recommendations to enhance our offerings
• Participate in conducting new hire interviews
• Work closely with the project team and report clearly and accurately to management
• Build and maintain stable working relationships internally
Penske Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent years of software development/system administration experience required
• 5-7 years of industry experience with knowledge of IBM i server and Db2 for i platform administration and programming languages required
• 3 years of hands-on DBA experience working with DB2 for i
• 3 years of experience with relational database (RDBMS) and OLTP/OLAP concepts
• Basic IBM i navigation - ACS, Schemas, Run SQL, plan cache, calling a program, stored procedure, creating UDF, etc.
• Professional demeanor works effectively in a team setting
• Intermediate level experience with SQL query tuning on Db2 for IBM i
• Intermediate level experience with Visual Explain, plan cache analysis
• Intermediate experience with running DB trace
• Good understanding of DB journal concepts
• Good understanding of index management - index advisor, query usage statistics
• Basic level experience in data modeling concepts
• Basic level experience with RPG, PL/SQL or other programming on IBM i
• Nice to have: iDoctor / Job Watcher
• Nice to have: IIDR (IBM InfoSphere Data Replication) or other journal-based data replication
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit.  The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms.  The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Truck Leasing
Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a partnership of Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. A leading global transportation services provider, Penske operates a premier fleet of vehicles and serves its customers from locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Penske’s product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions. Visit www.GoPenske.com to learn more.
5401 West Kennedy Blvd Suite 700 (28356)
5401 West Kennedy Blvd Suite 700
Tampa, FL , 33609
5401 West Kennedy Blvd Suite 700
United States-Florida-Tampa
Information Technology
Location(s): United States-Florida-Tampa