Epic Database Administrator

Kellton; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kellton seeks an experienced Epic Database Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise healthcare databases across on‑prem, virtual, and cloud platforms. The role emphasizes high availability, security, DR, and technical leadership in a fully remote setting with up to 10% travel.

The candidate will design, implement, and support Epic database environments, lead the Epic ECSA/ODBA team, and ensure peak performance while coordinating 24/7 on‑call support and incident response.

Qualifications

• Eight years of relevant Epic database administration experience.
• Certifications: Epic ODBA, ECSA, Chronicles, Data Courier.

Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, and upgrade Epic database environments (on‑prem, virtual, cloud).
• Lead Epic ECSA/ODBA team including planning, mentoring, and on‑call.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance, capacity, and storage.

Skills

Epic ODBA

Epic ECSA

Epic Chronicles/Cache

SQL Server

Windows

Linux

Performance tuning

High availability

Education

Epic ODBA/ECSA/Data Courier/Chronicles certification

Job description

Location: Fully Remote (up to 10% travel)

Duration: 12-Month Contract

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced Epic Database Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise healthcare database environments across on-premises, virtual, and cloud platforms. The role focuses on high availability, performance, security, disaster recovery, and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade Epic database environments and related Windows applications.
• Lead and coordinate the Epic ECSA/ODBA team, including project planning, mentoring, and on-call support.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize database performance, capacity, storage, and resource utilization.
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, restoration, and high-availability solutions.
• Manage database security, user access, permissions, auditing, and compliance.
• Support database migrations, upgrades, daily build deployments, and environment synchronization.
• Perform data extraction, loading, conversion, and integration activities.
• Collaborate with Linux, Windows, Oracle, networking, SAN, storage, and application teams.
• Administer SQL Server environments, including performance tuning, indexing, patching, and disaster recovery.
• Maintain technical documentation, scripts, operational procedures, and version control.
• Provide production support, participate in critical incident management, and coordinate 24/7 on-call rotations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Eight years of relevant experience, including Epic ODBA/ECSA.
• Epic ODBA, ECSA, Data Courier, or Chronicles certification.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Epic Clarity certification and experience with Red Hat Linux, cloud services, storage, security, and networking.
• Strong knowledge of Epic Chronicles/Cache databases, SQL Server, Windows, Linux, database performance tuning, and high availability.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, project management, team leadership, and mentoring skills.