Sr Database Administrator

 About Us:

Our purpose is to help clients exceed their financial health goals. Across the reimbursement cycle, our scalable solutions and clinical expertise help solve programmatic needs. Enabling our teams with leading technology allows analytics to guide our solutions and keeps us accountable achieving goals. 

We build long-term careers by investing in YOU. We seek to create an environment that cultivates your professional development and personal growth, as we believe your success is our success.  

JOB SUMMARY:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Note: The essential duties and responsibilities below are intended to describe the general duties and responsibilities of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. This position may perform all or most of the primary duties listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the Team Member’s performance objectives as outlined by the Team Member’s immediate Leadership Team Member.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, system administrators, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and coordination.

• Define and enforce technical standards and database best practices across the organization.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, data privacy regulations, and security standards across database platforms.

• Facilitate knowledge transfer and training sessions for relevant personnel.

• Forge strong relationships with Application Development teams to improve the reliability of databases and integration platforms supporting critical applications.

• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.

• Oversee the execution of database migration tasks, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.

• Proactively identify opportunities for database optimization, automation, and innovation.

• Conduct performance testing and benchmarking to validate the effectiveness of optimization efforts.

• Tune database configurations, explore query optimization, and define indexing strategies to improve performance and scalability.

• Install, configure, and deploy clustered and standalone Cloud-hosted database systems.

• Manage SQL Server databases through multiple lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.

• Design, deploy, and maintain all database backup and maintenance plans and processes.

• Ensure 24X7 availability of Cloud-hosted, critical database systems.

• Maintain and improve Service Levels and keep up with department goals for problem resolution.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• 10+ Years of experience and advanced proficiency in the following technologies required:

  • MSFT SQL Server

  • Windows Failover Cluster

  • SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances

  • SQL Server Availability Groups

  • Amazon EC2 and RDS for SQL Server

  • Azure Virtual Machines and SQL Database

  • Azure MySQL Flexible Server

  • PowerShell for administrative tasks

• Bachelor’s degree in IT related discipline or equivalent experience

• Intermediate proficiency in Cloud storage options

• Intermediate proficiency in Cloud networking architecture

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as described. Regular eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is required to operate office equipment. The ability to perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day and function in an environment with constant interruptions is required. At times, Team Members are subject to sitting for prolonged periods. Infrequently, Team Member must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs. Team Member may experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
A job description is only intended as a guideline and is only part of the Team Member’s function. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that the essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.