Database Administrator: Security, Tuning & DR Pro (On-Call)

Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc; Street (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children’s Hospital seeks an experienced Database Administrator to design, implement, and secure critical data platforms. The role focuses on data integrity, availability, and performance across enterprise systems, requiring collaboration with IT and clinical teams.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, 2+ years of DBA experience, and DBA certification preferred. On-site work with occasional after-hours support is expected.

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL and PL/SQL skills
• Strong database design and data modeling
• Expertise in performance tuning and query optimization
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Responsibilities

• Design and implement database structures and security measures to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Monitor and optimize database performance for efficient data processing and retrieval.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related performance problems.
• Install and configure database software and related tools to support business operations.
• Maintain databases, applying patches and upgrades to database environments.
• Establish, maintain and monitor backup and recovery policies and procedures to minimize data loss.
• Document and enforce security controls and access management.
• Collaborate to troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and regularly test DR scenarios.
• Participate in capacity planning exercises for future requirements.

Skills

SQL

PL/SQL

Database design

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

DBA Certification

Job description

Nationwide Children’s Hospital seeks an experienced Database Administrator to design, implement, and secure critical data platforms. The role focuses on data integrity, availability, and performance across enterprise systems, requiring collaboration with IT and clinical teams.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, 2+ years of DBA experience, and DBA certification preferred. On-site work with occasional after-hours support is expected.