Remote Epic ODBA: Azure High-Volume DB Expert

TEKsystems; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is recruiting an experienced Epic ODBA to manage the IRIS database on Azure for a high-volume national diagnostic environment. You will install, configure, and maintain Epic database environments, ensure uptime, and collaborate with Beaker analysts, infrastructure, and middleware teams.

The role requires active Epic ODBA certification, 7+ years of database admin experience, advanced Linux scripting, and strong disaster recovery design skills.

Qualifications

• Active Epic ODBA certification is required with a proven track record of maintaining certifications across multiple Epic release cycles.
• Minimum 7+ years of hands-on database administration experience managing InterSystems Caché/IRIS database environments, with a strong focus on enterprise-scale production systems.
• Demonstrated experience of managing, monitoring, and performance-tuning databases supporting high volume concurrent users and extremely high transaction volumes.
• Minimum 4 years of deep operational experience hosting and managing mission-critical Epic database workloads within Microsoft Azure, including advanced knowledge of Azure storage performance tiers and VM clustering.
• Expert level experience designing, configuring, and executing failovers for multi-node, geographically distributed high-availability database configurations and complex disaster recovery plans.
• Advanced Unix/Linux system administration skills (specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux) with the ability to write sophisticated, production-grade automation scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) to manage large environment fleets.
• Proven experience designing and validating backup and restore strategies for massive databases, ensuring zero data loss and minimal recovery time objectives under pressure.
• Exceptional root-cause analysis skills with a demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex database corruption, severe performance degradation, or system abends in real-time.
• Commitment to participating in a flexible, 24/7/365 tier-3 escalations on-call rotation for critical database incidents.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and provision all Epic database environments (Production, Reporting, Disaster Recovery, Training, and Build) within the Azure cloud environment.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Collaborate with cloud engineers to deploy and manage the underlying Azure database infrastructure using tools like Terraform to ensure consistent, scalable builds.
• Execute rigorous volume testing to ensure the database can handle burst-heavy, high-throughput HL7v2 and FHIR API transactions from automated lab analyzers and middleware.
• DR Configuration: Implement and validate multi-region disaster recovery, failover clusters, and backup protocols to guarantee near-zero downtime and strict data recoverability prior to go-live.
• Monitor daily database health, server performance, I/O, and journaling to proactively identify bottlenecks and maintain high availability.
• Execute daily operational tasks, including database space management, user access control, log rotation, and validation of automated database backups.
• Act as the primary technical liaison with Epic Technical Support (Epic TS) and InterSystems to coordinate maintenance windows and drive resolution of critical incidents.
• Processes to optimize responsiveness for rapid specimen accessioning, auto-verification, and integrated LIS workflows.
• Monitor storage consumption and transaction trends to accurately forecast resource needs and right-size Azure compute/storage resources for cost efficiency and performance.
• Design and execute database partitioning and historical lab-result archiving strategies to manage the rapid, compounding data growth typical of a national reference lab.
• Process Automation: Develop and refine automation scripts to streamline repetitive DBA tasks, system monitoring alerts, and failover validation processes.

Skills

Database administrator

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

TEKsystems is recruiting an experienced Epic ODBA to manage the IRIS database on Azure for a high-volume national diagnostic environment. You will install, configure, and maintain Epic database environments, ensure uptime, and collaborate with Beaker analysts, infrastructure, and middleware teams.

The role requires active Epic ODBA certification, 7+ years of database admin experience, advanced Linux scripting, and strong disaster recovery design skills.