Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

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

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit in the Philippines seeks an experienced database administrator to manage enterprise MSSQL, Azure SQL, and MongoDB environments, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across critical workloads.

You will design, implement, and optimize database solutions, participate in migrations, and drive improvements with AI-assisted tooling, Terraform or Ansible, and modern monitoring platforms such as Grafana and Datadog.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience in handling versions between Microsoft SQL Server 2012-2025 and Azure SQL database or Managed Instance in production environments
• 2+ years of MongoDB or MongoDB Atlas administration experience in enterprise production environments
• 2+ years of experience in programming using T-SQL and PowerShell for data transformation and infrastructure automation
• Ability to participate in a rotational on-call support

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise MSSQL, Azure SQL, MongoDB environments supporting critical business applications
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and optimal database performance
• Troubleshoot and resolve database, infrastructure, and application-related issues using native SQL Server, Windows tools, Azure SQL, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas
• Provide expert support in administration and operational ownership of enterprise-scale MSSQL and MongoDB environments, ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and performance across mission-critical production workloads
• Perform installation and upgrades, performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery, monitoring, patching, TDE/TLS encryption, backup and recovery, security, automation (T-SQL/PowerShell), capacity planning, and troubleshoot mission-critical enterprise database environments
• Demonstrate expertise in SQL Server performance tuning, including Query Store, Execution Plans, Extended Events, SQL Profiler, Missing Index Analysis, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), Wait Statistics, Windows and SQL Server Error Logs, and Performance Monitor
• Participate in administering Azure SQL database and Managed Instance, including end-to-end migration planning and execution
• Design, deploy, and manage MongoDB Atlas Projects, Clusters, Private Endpoints, Backup policies, and Disaster Recovery configurations in cloud environments
• Serve as key expert for MongoDB Atlas architecture, including replica sets, sharding, multi-region deployments, Atlas Search, and cloud-native database services
• Participate in architecture and design reviews, providing expert guidance on database solutions and performance optimization
• Lead database-related projects and drive continuous improvement through automation and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-driven solutions
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted database engineering solutions to improve operational efficiency, automate routine administrative tasks, accelerate root cause analysis, and optimize database performance and reliability
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis and be available during scheduled support windows
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives regarding flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment

Skills

SQL Server

Azure SQL

MongoDB

PowerShell

T-SQL

On-call rotation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field

Tools

MongoDB Atlas

Azure

Grafana

Datadog

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise SQL Server, Azure SQL, MongoDB environments supporting critical business applications
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and optimal database performance
• Troubleshoot and resolve database, infrastructure, and application-related issues using native SQL Server, Windows tools, Azure SQL, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas
• Provide expert support in administration and operational ownership of enterprise-scale MSSQL and MongoDB environments, ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and performance across mission-critical production workloads
• Perform installation and upgrades, performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery (Always-On Availability Groups, Replication etc.), monitoring, patching, TDE/TLS encryption, backup and recovery, security, automation (T-SQL/PowerShell), capacity planning, and troubleshoot mission-critical enterprise database environments
• Demonstrate expertise in SQL Server performance tuning, including Query Store, Execution Plans, Extended Events, SQL Profiler, Missing Index Analysis, Dynamic
• Management Views (DMVs), Wait Statistics, Windows and SQL Server Error Logs, and Performance Monitor
• Participate in administering Azure SQL database and Managed Instance, including end-to-end migration planning and execution
• Design, deploy, and manage MongoDB Atlas Projects, Clusters, Private Endpoints, Backup policies, and Disaster Recovery configurations in cloud environments
• Serve as key expert for MongoDB Atlas architecture, including replica sets, sharding, multi-region deployments, Atlas Search, and cloud-native database services
• Participate in architecture and design reviews, providing expert guidance on database solutions and performance optimization
• Lead database-related projects and drive continuous improvement through automation and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-driven solutions
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted database engineering solutions to improve operational efficiency, automate routine administrative tasks, accelerate root cause analysis, and optimize database performance and reliability
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis and be available during scheduled support windows
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience in handling versions between Microsoft SQL Server 2012-2025 and Azure SQL database or Managed Instance in production environments
• 2+ years of MongoDB or MongoDB Atlas administration experience in enterprise production environments
• 2+ years of experience in programming using T-SQL and PowerShell for data transformation and infrastructure automation
• Ability to participate in a rotational on-call support

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications in database administration or cloud architecture, such as MongoDB Certified DBA or Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and cloud data services
• Experience with cloud-native monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Grafana, Azure Monitor, Datadog)
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipeline integration, and Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform or Ansible
• Hands-on experience with multi-region cloud deployments, Private Endpoints, Atlas Search, and cloud-native database services in Microsoft Azure
• Demonstrated experience utilizing AI-assisted software and database engineering tools to optimize queries, script workflows, and improve operational productivity.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone - of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income - deserves the opportunity to feel their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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