Database Systems Engineer Senior, Radiology

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas‑Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world‑renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas‑Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals.

Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on‑site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

This position is security‑sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full‑time employee‑only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare‑no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

• Education
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in a computer related field
• Experience
• Experience:
  
  5 years experience in the field directly related to the type of database maintained including experience working with and maintaining large complex databases.
• Licenses and Certifications
• Certification in at least one relevant operating system or associated technology. May be required to submit to a federal background investigation.

• Analyzes and remediates problems involving: operating systems, database systems, applications or other technologies; troubleshoots system components and recommends improvements in support of an efficient highly available data center operation.
• Installs and documents database architecture; assists with building database schemas, tables, procedures and permissions.
• Works to identify and propose innovative and creative solutions that enhance or increase the efficiency of the services provided by Information Resources to the campus community; develops database utilities and automated reporting.
• Creates shell scripts for database task automation; creates, tests, and executes instructions sets such as scripts and queries using appropriate data management and programming languages.
• Analyzes and sustains capacity and performance requirements by establishing and calculating optimum values for database parameters using manuals and calculator; analyzes, consolidates and tunes databases for optimal efficiency.
• Monitors database systems and platforms for availability; oversees backup, clustering, mirroring, replication and failover installation, configuration and testing.
• Oversees restoration and recovery of corrupted databases; reviews project requests describing analyst needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
• Schedules, plans and supervises the installation and testing of database system upgrades and patches to computer systems such as the installation of new databases;
  Provides 24/7 support for critical situations.
• Works as part of a project team to determine database and application project scope and limitations; evaluates and recommends new database technologies.
• Provides support for Call Center (Service Now) incidents; assists with responses to security incidents to prevent additional loss and obtains and preserves forensic evidence.
• Identifies and analyzes that impact of database and application system security vulnerabilities in relation to the enterprise environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is security‑sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.