Database Administrator

Modivcare; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Modivcare is seeking an experienced Database Administrator IV to ensure performance, security, and scalability of enterprise database platforms powering healthcare operations and analytics.

You will design and support database solutions across relational and NoSQL systems, with emphasis on cloud integration, automation, and high availability to enable reliable data services for members, providers, and caregivers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Professional database certifications (e.g., Db2, MongoDB, AWS Certified DB – Specialty, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) preferred.
• Experience with IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and other relational/NoSQL platforms.
• Strong SQL, database architecture, indexing, partitioning, tuning, and query optimization knowledge.
• Experience backup/recovery, replication, clustering, high availability, disaster recovery, and data security controls.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain enterprise database platforms (IBM Db2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Design highly available, secure, scalable database environments for business applications and analytics.
• Monitor performance and optimize queries, indexing, partitioning, and configuration.
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, DR, replication, and high availability solutions.
• Implement RBAC, authentication, encryption, auditing, and data masking for PHI and sensitive data.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, cybersecurity, and business teams to optimize workloads.
• Administer AWS services (RDS, Aurora, Redshift) including provisioning, security, and performance tuning.
• Support migration, modernization, cloud adoption, and hybrid on-premises to cloud initiatives.
• Troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and automate provisioning/monitoring tasks.
• Maintain documentation, standards, procedures, and best practices; ensure governance and compliance.

Skills

SQL tuning

Database design

Cloud/AWS

DB2/SQL Server/PostgreSQL

NoSQL databases

Automation scripting

Security controls

Performance optimization

Linux/Windows

DevOps/IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

RDS/Aurora/Redshift

IBM Db2

MongoDB

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Modivcare is looking for an experienced Database Administrator IV to join our team. As a Database Administrator IV, you will play a critical role in ensuring the performance, security, availability, and scalability of the enterprise database platforms that power our healthcare operations, business applications, analytics, and digital initiatives. Your expertise will help deliver trusted, resilient data services that enable better decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and support the technology that connects members, providers, and caregivers.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of our enterprise data infrastructure by modernizing database platforms, advancing cloud adoption, and implementing automation that improves reliability, security, and operational excellence. Working alongside application developers, data engineers, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business leaders, you will design and support enterprise database solutions that serve as the foundation for mission-critical applications, advanced analytics, and emerging AI-driven capabilities.

We're looking for a collaborative technology professional who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and building secure, scalable, and highly available database environments. The ideal candidate is passionate about continuous improvement, embraces automation and cloud technologies, and enjoys partnering across teams to deliver solutions that create measurable business value. If you're excited by the opportunity to build resilient data platforms that support innovation, strengthen healthcare operations, and help improve the experiences of the members and communities we serve, we'd love to hear from you.

This role…

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain enterprise database platforms including IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and other relational and NoSQL database technologies.
• Design and implement highly available, secure, and scalable database environments that support enterprise business applications, analytics, and operational workloads.
• Monitor database performance and implement optimization strategies including query tuning, execution plan analysis, indexing, partitioning, and configuration tuning to maximize reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Design, implement, and maintain backup, recovery, disaster recovery, replication, resilience, and high availability solutions that protect critical business data.
• Implement database security controls including role-based access control (RBAC), authentication, authorization, encryption, auditing, dynamic data masking, row- and column-level security, least-privilege access, and protection of sensitive data including PHI.
• Ensure database availability, operational reliability, scalability, and performance through proactive monitoring, maintenance, capacity planning, and continuous performance management.
• Manage database lifecycle activities including data retention, archival, restoration, purge, and storage optimization while meeting business, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Partner with application developers, data engineers, analytics teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to design efficient database solutions, optimize workloads, and support application releases.
• Administer AWS database services including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, and Amazon Redshift, including provisioning, configuration, monitoring, security, backup, scaling, and performance optimization.
• Support database migration, modernization, cloud adoption, integration, and consolidation initiatives across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex database issues, perform root cause analysis, and resolve production incidents to minimize business disruption.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline database provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, backup validation, security validation, and operational processes.
• Maintain database documentation, operational standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with organizational data governance standards and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize AI-powered tools responsibly to improve operational efficiency, automate routine work, enhance solution quality, and support informed decision-making in alignment with organizational standards.
• Participate in after-hours support and scheduled maintenance activities as needed.
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

We are interested in speaking with individuals with the following…

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Seven (7) or more years of experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Professional database certifications (e.g., IBM Db2, MongoDB, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience administering enterprise database platforms including IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and other relational and NoSQL database technologies.
• Strong SQL programming skills and expertise in database architecture, physical and logical design, indexing, partitioning, query optimization, execution plans, and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of database administration including backup and recovery, replication, clustering, high availability, disaster recovery, resilience, and business continuity planning.
• Experience implementing enterprise database security including RBAC, authentication, authorization, encryption, auditing, least-privilege access, dynamic data masking, row- and column-level security, and protection of sensitive data including PHI.
• Experience supporting Windows and Linux server environments.
• Experience administering AWS database services including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, and Amazon Redshift.
• Strong understanding of relational database architecture, database lifecycle management, and operational best practices.
• Ability to optimize database performance within high-volume transactional and analytical environments.
• Experience with database monitoring, administration, automation, and performance management tools.
• Experience supporting database migration, modernization, data warehousing, ETL processes, or business intelligence solutions preferred.
• Experience developing automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar scripting technologies preferred.
• Experience with DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines preferred.
• Familiarity with healthcare, financial services, or other highly regulated industries preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while responding effectively to production incidents in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data integrity, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Ability to leverage AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve productivity, automate routine tasks, enhance decision-making, and support continuous improvement while adhering to organizational policies and data security requirements.

This role is bonus eligible based on individual and company performance.

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Primarily seated work; extensive computer and telephone use; occasional standing, walking, reaching, bending, and lifting up to 10 lbs.