SQL Database Application Administrator (DBA)

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As an ​SQL Database Application Administrator (DBA) at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

• Prepare, package, coordinate and implement production release and fixes. Identify and advise on issues and necessary remediations as appropriate.
• DDL/DML expertise, optimizing and performance tuning using execution plans, SQL Profile and Database Tuning advisor. Application development or PowerShell automation experience a plus.
• Troubleshoot application database connectivity, SQL Server issues, query performance, disaster recovery and other issues.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, under close deadlines and potentially stressful situations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deliverables, and responsibilities.
• Develops and utilizes best practices, checklists and defined processes.
• Support during non-regular hours, nights, weekends, may be required.
• Agile/Kanban, HIPAA, Health Care (Medicaid) familiarity a plus.
• Demonstrated desire and capacity to learn new technical skills
• Assists in the design of basic technical programs for projects or enhancement to existing programs.
• Monitors database activity and files usage, and ensures necessary resources are available. Determines data to collect and analyzes information Investigates and resolves technical database issues of significance.
• Oversees the analysis and determination of database performance characteristics, informational needs and elements, data relationships and attributes, proposed manipulation, data flow and storage requirements, and data output and reporting capabilities for more complex databases.
• Recommends and implements tuning opportunities to improve system response and run times.
• Defines logical attributes and data inter-relationships and designs complex data structures to accommodate database production implementation, storage, …