Healthcare IT DBA Engineer | 24x7 On-Call

UnitedHealth Group; Letterkenny; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Optum in Ireland, part of UnitedHealth Group, seeks a skilled Health IT DBA Engineer to design, secure, and monitor databases in a healthcare setting. The role requires on-call support, ETL, data warehousing, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

You will work with SQL Server, SSIS, Oracle, and Microsoft technologies to optimize performance, implement backups, and develop maintenance procedures in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Must be proficient in the following platforms - Microsoft and Oracle (Microsoft proficiency is a must)
• Extensive experience in SQL stored procedures and SSIS package development
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting abilities
• Solid communication skills with a collaborative and proactive approach to teamwork
• Dedicated, self-motivated, flexible, and self-directed with a strong work ethic
• Willingness and ability to provide 24x7 on-call support as part of a rotation
• Microsoft SQL Server DBA Certification (MCSA)

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain databases
• Ensuring data security and integrity - applying security patches on schedule or when requested/required
• Backing up and restoring databases, as well as implementing and using failover procedures
• Ensure ETL jobs are run and finish correctly; troubleshoot and run fix executions needed when there are issues
• Monitoring, tuning, and optimizing database for performance - know how to use the SHOWPLAN run execution cost analysis tool to optimize queries
• Identifying and resolving database-related issues
• Data warehouse management
• Develop, maintain, and optimize SQL stored procedures to support data integration and reporting requirements
• Design and manage complex SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) packages for automated data workflows
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze SQL server requirements
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, providing critical support and ensuring prompt resolution of urgent system issues
• Document processes, create detailed technical specifications, and provide knowledge transfer to team members
• Work off a ticketing system to track issues and requests
• Possesses a strong understanding of both technical and business needs related to healthcare

Skills

SQL

SSIS

Oracle

MS SQL Server

On-call rotation

Communication

Problem solving

MCSA

Education

Undergraduate degree

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

HTML

Linux

UNIX

Job description

Optum in Ireland, part of UnitedHealth Group, seeks a skilled Health IT DBA Engineer to design, secure, and monitor databases in a healthcare setting. The role requires on-call support, ETL, data warehousing, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

You will work with SQL Server, SSIS, Oracle, and Microsoft technologies to optimize performance, implement backups, and develop maintenance procedures in a fast-paced environment.