Job Location: La Crosse, WI
Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It’s an opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)
The Database Administrator will be responsible for administering Optum Serve’s databases to ensure performance, availability, integrity, and security of company databases.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of database administration activities including; high availability, performance tuning, automated installation, configuration and monitoring, space management, capacity, planning, database backup and recovery, and disaster recovery setup
- Production support responsibilities include maximizing system availability, ensuring automated fail-over redundancy, swift and complete database recovery, optimizing database performance and availability through ongoing maintenance and enhancements, and ensuring conformance to audit and operating standards
- Work with existing database administration team
- Interact with and coach developers in developing SQL scripts, schema changes, data updates and database performance considerations
- Evaluate, install and test database management systems (DBMS) upgrades and patches for DBMS software, application software, and other software related to DBMS administration
- Work with the system administrators for hardware and software installations and configurations, participate in the evaluation and recommendation of appropriate hardware and software resources for databases
- Implement and administer DBMS security
- Functions may include database architecture, engineering, design, optimization, security, and administration; as well as date modeling, big data development, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) development, storage engineering, data warehousing, data provisioning and other similar roles
- Responsibilities may include platform-as-a-Service and Cloud solution with a focus on date stores and associated systems
- Duties may include management of design services, proving sizing and configuration assistance, ensuring strict date quality, and performing needs assessments
- Analyzes current business practices, processes and procedures as well as identifying future business opportunities for leveraging data storage and retrieval system capabilities
- Managers relationships with software and hardware vendors to understand the potential architectural impact of different vendor strategies and date acquisition
- May design schemas, write SQL or other date markup scripting and hepts to support development of Analytics and Applications the build on top of date
- Participate in on-call rotation
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education, experience and/or applicable military experience
- 5+ years of experience as a SQL Server DBA in a mid-sized or enterprise environment managing multiple servers and databases
- Azure based cloud experience
- United States Citizenship
- Ability to obtain favorable adjudication following submission of Department of Defence eQuip form SF86
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Related MS Certifications
- National Career Readiness Certificate
- Operational experience implementing and maintaining multiple relational databases including backup and recovery procedures, replication, clustering, High Availability Groups and load balancing
- Experience supporting database access from large scale .NET based windows, web, web services and RESTful API applications
- Experience with other Microsoft SQL products such as Analysis Services, MS SQL Management Studio and Power BI
- PostgreSQL and Linux experience
- Oracle on Windows experience
- Experience installing and working with SQL Server in a VM environment
- Experience with managing and maintaining SharePoint platforms is desired
- Audit experience (SOC1 & 2)
- Experience Implementation and managing database security and backup
UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.
As a requirement of UnitedHealth Group’s contract with the Department of Defense, this position requires U.S. citizenship and proof of favorable adjudication following submission of Department of Defense eQuip Form SF86 (PDF), (the National Agency Check Legal and Credit or NACLC). Successful completion of the NACLC process is a requirement for continued employment in this role.
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
Careers with Optum. Here’s the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The salary range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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