Senior Database Administrator - Hybrid Onsite

Northwell Health; Fort Hill (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Database Administrator to design, deploy, upgrade, and optimize enterprise databases to support patient care and business objectives on established timelines. You will monitor performance, implement query optimization, and document procedures.

This role requires 3–5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree. You will provide 2nd/3rd level support, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with IT and clinical teams in a HIPAA-compliant environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub) is required.
• Experience in healthcare or life sciences environment (EMR/EHR, HL7/FHIR, HIPAA) is beneficial.
• Ability to troubleshoot ETL/data pipeline issues and coordinate with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Installs, configures, and supports database platforms and related software.
• Provides second and third level operational support for issues from the Service Desk.
• Participates in an on-call rotation.
• Performs availability, capacity, and performance analysis with maintenance and backups.
• Develops and maintains installation, administration, and disaster recovery documentation.
• Participates in change management and performance improvement programs.

Skills

Database administration

SQL

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Linux

Job description

Job Description

Designs, deploys, upgrades, and optimizes the performance ofdatabasesystems and related data infrastructure in support of customer business objectives and within established timelines. Participates in performance improvement initiatives including documentingqueryoptimization techniques, providing data ondatabase performance metrics, and mentoring and educating lower level staff.

Job Responsibility

• Installs, configures, and supports database platforms and related softwarerequired to manage enterprise data.Provides on-going maintenance including updates, patches and anti-virus updates.
• Provides second and third level operational support for issues escalated from the Service Desk.
• Participates in an on-call rotation.
• Performs availability/ capacity/ performance analysis as assigned. conducts on-going maintenance includingdatabase patching, index maintenance, regular backups, and integrity checks.Troubleshoots and resolves issues in assigned technology including database software and application-related issues while maintaining Enterprise Service levels.
• Develops and maintains documentation related to technology installation, administration and maintenance and disaster recovery planning.
• Participates in change management and performance improvement programs for assigned technologies.
• Provide timely technical updates to stakeholders during incidents, clearly communicating business impact, progress, workarounds, estimated resolution timelines, and post-incident findings.
• Operates under limited guidance and work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

HIGHLY PREFFERED

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub) is required.
• Experience applying these GCP skills in a healthcare or life sciences environment. This includes processing and analyzing complex datasets (EMR/EHR, claims), understanding operational workflows, and navigating data standards (HL7/FHIR) and compliance regulations (HIPAA).
• Ability to troubleshoot ETL/data pipeline failures, investigate data quality issues, validate data loads, and work with engineering teams to restore service while minimizing business impact.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).