Epic DB & Operations Administrator — Hybrid, 24/7 On-Call

UnitedHealth Group; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Relocation support

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum division in Ireland is hiring an Operational Database Administrator (ODBA) to oversee enterprise database environments across multiple data centers in a hybrid model. The role emphasizes high availability, security, HIPAA compliance, and 24x7 on-call support.

The candidate will install, configure, and patch databases, tune performance, manage backups, and collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams, with visa sponsorship and relocation support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Epic ODBA or Cogito Systems Administration or Epic Client Systems Administration (ECSA) Certification
• Proven solid database administration or data engineering experience
• Proven Linux/Unix administration experience (RHEL, SUSE, or CentOS)
• Proven experience with database performance tuning
• Proven experience troubleshooting replication and high availability environments
• Familiarity with virtualization and storage platforms (VMware, SAN)
• Proven programming or scripting experience in at least one language (Python, Java, .NET, C++, etc.)
• Proven strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills
• Willingness to work U.S. business hours, support multiple time zones, and participate in a 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 operational runbooks, configuration documentation, and support guides
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams
• Support multiple data centers, virtual environments, and on call rotations (24x7)
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and organizational security standards

Skills

Database administration

Linux administration

Scripting

VMware

On-call support

HIPAA compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Epic ODBA / Cogito / ECSA Certification

Tools

Epic ODBA

InterSystems IRIS / Caché

SQL Server / Oracle

VMware

Rubrik / DR tooling

Ansible

PowerShell

Job description

UnitedHealth Group's Optum division in Ireland is hiring an Operational Database Administrator (ODBA) to oversee enterprise database environments across multiple data centers in a hybrid model. The role emphasizes high availability, security, HIPAA compliance, and 24x7 on-call support.

The candidate will install, configure, and patch databases, tune performance, manage backups, and collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams, with visa sponsorship and relocation support