Senior DB Architect: PostgreSQL & SQL Server in Cloud

McKesson Corporation

Alpharetta (GA)

On-site

USD 116,000 - 193,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage enterprise PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises and Azure. You will ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability while partnering with development, infrastructure, and support teams.

You will design, implement, and tune databases, develop robust backup/DR, enforce security controls, and implement high-availability strategies.

Qualifications

7+ years of progressive database administration experience in production environments.
Expertise with PostgreSQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise settings.
Experience with installation, configuration, performance tuning, security, backup and recovery, and HA.
Proficiency with PL/pgSQL and/or T-SQL for query tuning.
Cloud experience in Microsoft Azure.
Automation and scripting using PowerShell or Python.

Responsibilities

Design, install, configure, and support PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server databases across on-premises and Azure.
Monitor database health, identify bottlenecks, and optimize performance for reliability.
Develop and validate backup and disaster recovery processes for data availability.
Administer database security, users, permissions, auditing, and compliance.
Implement high-availability solutions (Always On, replication, failover).
Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and availability issues and optimize schemas.
Collaborate with development to optimize queries and storage design.
Maintain architecture docs and operational procedures for databases.
Plan capacity and support future growth.
Participate in on-call rotation for critical production incidents.