Database Administrator IV

ModivCare Solutions, LLC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 117,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off

Parental leave

Job summary

Modivcare is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator IV to safeguard and optimize enterprise databases across IBM Db2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB in a hybrid cloud environment.

You will partner with developers, data engineers, and security teams to design highly available, secure data platforms, automate provisioning, and support cloud adoption and data-driven initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Seven (7) or more years of experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Professional database certifications preferred (e.g., IBM Db2, MongoDB, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience administering enterprise database platforms including IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and other relational and NoSQL technologies.
• Strong SQL programming and expertise in database architecture, design, indexing, partitioning, query optimization, execution plans, and performance tuning.
• Experience with backup/recovery, replication, clustering, HA, disaster recovery, resilience, and business continuity.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain enterprise database platforms.
• Design highly available, secure, and scalable database environments to support applications and analytics.
• Monitor performance and optimize queries, indexing, partitioning, and configurations.
• Implement backup, recovery, DR, replication, and high-availability solutions.
• Enforce database security controls including RBAC, encryption, auditing, DDM, and PHI protection.
• Ensure availability, scalability, and performance through proactive monitoring and capacity planning.
• Manage lifecycle activities including retention, archival, restoration, purge, and storage optimization.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to optimize workloads and support releases.
• Administer AWS services (RDS, Aurora, Redshift) including provisioning, security, and performance tuning.
• Support migration, modernization, cloud adoption, integration, and consolidation across on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive automation for provisioning and operations.
• Maintain documentation, standards, procedures, and best practices.

Skills

IBM Db2

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

RBAC

Encryption

PHI

PowerShell

Python

Bash

DevOps

IaC

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives? Do you enjoy working in a service-oriented industry? If so, this opportunity may be the right fit for you! 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Key Requirements

• 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.

Salary & Benefits

Salary: $ 116,700- 140,000. This role is bonus eligible based on individual and company performance.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
• Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax and Post --Tax Commuter and Parking Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts (retail, hotel, food, restaurants, car rental and much more!)

Physical Demands

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.

Posting Information

Modivcare’s positions are posted and open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. Positions may be posted for a maximum of 45 days dependent on the type of role, the number of roles, and the number of applications received. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap or disability, or status as a Vietnam‑era or special disabled veteran in accordance with federal law.

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About Modivcare

We appreciate your interest in joining Modivcare! Our goal isn’t a number. It’s a difference. Modivcare is leading the transformation to better connect people with care, wherever they are. We serve the most underserved by facilitating non‑emergency medical transportation and personal and home care to enable greater access to care, reduce costs and improve outcomes.