Senior Database Administrator

In 2001, we set out to revolutionize the prescribing process. Today, our industry-leading solutions do much more than that: Our network supports 2 million providers, 324 million patients, and billions of transactions. Our solutions offer actionable patient intelligence at critical points of care for better decisions-from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating direct messages between providers.

We are at the center of the healthcare industry, serving doctors, nurses and pharmacists; health systems, independent practices and pharmacies; health plans, pharmacy benefit managers and electronic health record vendors.

Our goal is to deliver comprehensive patient information when and where it matters most. Join us.

What You're Like

You're relentless in getting stuff done. You apply your expertise in an Agile/DevOps world with other talented people. You're curious about new technology and use your curiosity as fuel to deliver meaningful solutions. And you're into incremental efforts that ultimately reap huge results.
What We're Like

We're a smart team that loves to work toward a common goal: delivering innovative, industry-leading solutions that improve patient care. We pride ourselves on quality work grounded in transparency and accountability. Our goal is to make a positive impact on healthcare, be it on quality, cost, or patient safety.
What the Work is Like

Is your thinking cap on? (Do they still make those?) Here, our challenge is to connect disparate, cross-functional skills to create the desired result. We focus on important milestones, work to understand diverse technologies and develop relationships with various groups of people with varied perspectives.
Our purpose is to serve the nation with the single most trusted and capable health information network, built to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care.

Why Join Surescripts?

• Have a direct impact on improving the next generation of healthcare technology
• Bring your talents & learn new skills, tools, and technologies via company supported training, on the job learning etc.
• Work for an award-winning company with a positive company culture
• Participate in our bi-annual innovation days to bring forward new ideas

Job Summary
Surescripts is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to design, install, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual will serve as a key individual contributor with responsibilities for overall production Oracle, Hadoop, Cassandra and SQL Server database administration. The incumbent is also responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting database policies and procedures to ensure the integrity and availability of databases and their accompanying software.

Senior Database Administrator Responsibilities

• Work independently and/or in a team environment to implement and manage database projects in a complex database environment
• Drive Oracle, Hadoop, Cassandra and SQL database direction: patches, upgrades, new features, tools, etc.
• Install and configure relevant network components to ensure database access as well as database consistency and integrity
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues
• Make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
• Implement, monitor, support and certify disaster recovery (DR) and data archival policies, procedures and strategies to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7 years of experience in related, progressive roles
• Technically fluent in multiple database technologies such as Oracle, Hadoop, SQL Server, Cassandra, CockroachDB
• Technically fluent in current tools and platforms for building, testing. deploying, and monitoring database systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with high volume, data intensive databases
• Experience with data replication tools such as Oracle Golden Gate
• Hands-on data and database troubleshooting experience
• Familiarity with languages such as Python and Shell
• Knowledge of database security and data privacy practices
• Healthcare technology industry experience

Some of the technologies we use:

• Database/Data Management Systems: Oracle, Hadoop, SQL Server, Cassandra and CockroachDB
• Monitoring and Management Tools: Oracle Enterprise Manager, Cloudera Manager, Idera, Cassandra Op Center
• Other Tools and Features: Oracle Golden Gate, Standbys, CyberArk, Hashicorp Vault
• Hadoop Technologies: HDFS, Impala, HBase, NiFi
• Languages: Python, Bash/K Shell

We are currently working from home. Offices are open to those who want to go in with health safety protocols in place. This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, where you will be able to split time between work from home and onsite work at our newly designed office.

Why Wait? Apply Now

We're a midsize company. This means that you're not just another employee ID number. Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative work culture. We strive to create an environment where you feel like you belong. Be yourself, share your ideas, and work your way. We offer opportunities for learning, development and growth, as well as competitive compensation and benefits, plus flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about our benefits and working at Surescripts.

Physical and Mental Requirements

While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any, or all of the following: attend meetings in and out of the office, travel (sometimes extensively), communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a reasonable accommodation.

Work Environment:

• Participate in 24*7 on-call DBA support rotation and be flexible to work after hours for production needs as required

Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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