Epic Database & Operations Architect — Hybrid, 24x7

UnitedHealth Group; Letterkenny; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, is hiring an Operational Database Administrator (ODBA) to manage enterprise database environments, ensuring high availability, security, and HIPAA compliance. The role includes installation, upgrades, backups, DR testing, and 24x7 support across multiple data centers and environments.

We welcome candidates outside Ireland with visa sponsorship and relocation support. The position offers hybrid work from Letterkenny, Ireland, with potential home-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Epic ODBA or Cogito/CLECSA Certification is required.
• Proven solid database administration or data engineering experience.
• Proven Linux/Unix administration experience (RHEL, SUSE, or CentOS).
• Experience with database performance tuning (queries, indexes, system parameters).
• Experience troubleshooting replication and high availability environments.
• Experience with virtualization and storage platforms (VMware, SAN).
• Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Java, .NET, C++, etc.).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Willingness to work U.S. business hours and participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, and patch enterprise database environments.
• Manage database performance, availability, capacity planning, and tuning.
• Perform backup, recovery, and disaster recovery testing; document recovery procedures.
• Implement and monitor automated backup schedules (daily, weekly, monthly).
• Troubleshoot replication, performance, storage, and reliability issues.
• Maintain database security, roles, access controls, and audit logging.
• Conduct proactive health checks, log reviews, and system monitoring.
• Support environment refreshes, upgrades, and hardware migrations.
• Maintain runbooks, configuration documentation, and support guides.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams.
• Support multiple data centers, virtual environments, and 24x7 on-call rotations.
• Ensure HIPAA and security standards compliance.

Skills

Database administration

Data engineering

Linux/Unix administration

Database performance tuning

Replication & high availability

Virtualization & storage

Programming/scripting (Python, Java, .

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related

Epic ODBA / Cogito / ECSA certification

Tools

Linux/Unix systems (RHEL/SUSE/CentOS)

VMware

Rubrik or DR tooling

InterSystems IRIS / Caché

SQL Server / Oracle for reporting

Job description

Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, is hiring an Operational Database Administrator (ODBA) to manage enterprise database environments, ensuring high availability, security, and HIPAA compliance. The role includes installation, upgrades, backups, DR testing, and 24x7 support across multiple data centers and environments.

We welcome candidates outside Ireland with visa sponsorship and relocation support. The position offers hybrid work from Letterkenny, Ireland, with potential home-based