Senior Database Administrator – GCP & Healthcare Data

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Database Administrator to design, deploy, and optimize databases and data infrastructure in support of hospital operations and research. The role focuses on performance, reliability, backups, and disaster recovery, with guidance to ensure HIPAA compliance and data privacy.

Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree, and hands-on work with Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience.
• 3–5 years of relevant database experience.
• Experience with performance tuning and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and support database platforms and related software.
• Provide L2/L3 support for service desk escalations.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Perform backups, patches, and routine maintenance; ensure data integrity.

Skills

Database administration

SQL

ETL pipelines

GCP

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Job description

Northwell Health is seeking a Database Administrator to design, deploy, and optimize databases and data infrastructure in support of hospital operations and research. The role focuses on performance, reliability, backups, and disaster recovery, with guidance to ensure HIPAA compliance and data privacy.

Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree, and hands-on work with Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.