IS Epic Database Administrator

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

Administers, maintains, develops and implements policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of company databases. Implements data models and database designs, data access and table maintenance codes; resolves database performance issues, database capacity issues, replication, and other distributed data issues. Ability to work on call schedules to meet job requirements; requires routine after-hours support and occasional overnight travel.

Essential Functions: Designs and implements database structures and security measures to ensure data integrity and availability. Monitors and optimizes database performance to ensure efficient data processing and retrieval. Detects, troubleshoots and resolves database related performance problems. Installs and configures database software and related tools to support business operations. Maintains databases, installing patches and upgrades to database environments. Establishes, maintains and monitors sound backup and recovery policies and procedures to minimize data loss in case of system failures. Sets up and maintains documentation and security control standards. Collaborates with others to troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues. Manages database security, collaborating to determine appropriate database access needs; provides gatekeeper function for database access. Keeps up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in database management and suggests how to best leverage these new capabilities. Keeps up to date on DBA training and certifications. Develops and maintains disaster recovery plans, routinely testing DR scenarios. Participates in capacity planning exercises to forecast database management requirements.

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in related Computer Science areas, or equivalent experience, required.

Licensure Requirement: (not specified)

Certifications: DBA Certification, preferred.

Skills: Advanced skills in SQL, PL/SQL, database design, database tuning and performance optimization. Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.

Experience: Two years of experience as a Database Administrator, preferred.

Physical Requirements: OCCASIONALLY: Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs FREQUENTLY: Decision Making CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above: (not specified) "The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision."

EOE M/F/Disability/Vet

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