Database Administrator (DBA) II

Job Description

Job Description

Database Administrator (DBA) II

Location: Birmingham, AL

Why VIVA HEALTH?

VIVA HEALTH, part of the renowned University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System, is a health maintenance organization providing quality, accessible health care. Our employees are a part of the communities they serve and proudly partner with members on their healthcare journeys.

VIVA HEALTH has been recognized by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a high-performing health plan and has been repeatedly ranked as one of the nation's Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 9 Paid Holidays annually plus a Floating Holiday to use as you choose
• Tuition Assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Healthcare Reimbursement Account
• Paid Parental Leave
• Community Service Time Off
• Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
• Employee Wellness Program
• Training and Development Programs to develop new skills and reach career goals
• Employee Assistance Program

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Job Description

The Database Administrator (DBA) II is responsible for deploying, backup, recovery, troubleshooting, configuring, monitoring, performance, data integrity and security. This position is also responsible for SSIS/SSRS, tuning T-SQL, ensuring standards, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of all processes that relate to data including relational and non-relational databases across the company. This role’s areas of responsibility included disaster recovery, high availability, and business intelligence.

This is a tactical/strategic position requiring a strong sense of ownership to resolve issues and assigned requests. This position will travel to locations within the VIVA HEALTH service area through a reliable means of transportation insured in accordance with Company policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Make recommendations for redundancy, efficiency, and resiliency of databases.
• Design and test DR scenarios for applications and databases.
• Maintain database backups (MSSQL, MongoDB and Oracle) and recovery information.
• Control user access and security for reporting and applications.
• Monitor performance and allocate resources as needed.
• Implement database structure and configuration for new applications.
• Extract, transfer, and load data and automate jobs where possible.
• Document security and structure.
• Research and install updates, patches, and upgrade versions.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 5-7 years in a DBA role
• Experience troubleshooting complex database problems
• Automation Experience with native or third party tools
• Knowledge of Windows Server and Active Directory
• Knowledge of failover and redundancy configurations
• Knowledge of database roles and security best practices
• Knowledge of MSSQL Server and Oracle
• Ability to communicate with other staff
• Valid driver's license in good standing

PREFERRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field
• 7-10+ years of DBA experience
• Relational and Non-Relational DB experience in a large environment
• Knowledge of DB2 and MongoDB
• Knowledge of Visual Studio, SSRA, SSIS, SSMS
• Knowledge of document storage and workflow