Senior Cloud Database Administrator - DBA - Remote

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring.

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The Senior Cloud Database Administrator (DBA) will be a key technical resource during the solution implementation and migrations of cloud-centric database platforms. The primary role of the Senior Cloud DBA is to take the design and technical specifications and implement, configure, secure, monitor, and optimize database services to meet business requirements. The technical domain of the Senior Cloud DBA includes database architecture and administration, installation and upgrades, performance tuning and troubleshooting, backup/restore and high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR), access controls, automation, and support of system/integration testing.

We are looking for a passionate professional preferably with more than 3+ years of experience in cloud implementations. This individual should be self-driven with an ownership mindset and self-motivated to continuously learn and invest in personal development as well as keep abreast of leading-edge cloud and data management technologies in the industry.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Provide technical leadership in database platform engineering and administration for modernization of legacy databases to cloud database services (AWS/Azure) including migrations, upgrades, and operational readiness

* Self-driven, ownership mindset to navigate ambiguity, identify options to resolve constraints, mitigate implementation risks and define solutions to implementation challenges with minimal supervision

* As part of the data management solution, implement appropriate data access and security patterns in alignment with appropriate regulatory and compliance standards such as HIPAA, PHI, PII, locational data restrictions, contractual, etc.

* Build partnership and rapport with client technical resources by demonstrating solid written and verbal communication, presentation, analytical and interpersonal skills

* Ability to work closely with Business Analysts and SMEs to understand business requirements

* Ability to work in a matrixed team environment with distributed responsibility across different teams

* Create Process Flows using diagraming tools like Visio and Omni Graffle

* Perform database health checks and diagnostics, including capacity planning, storage management, and proactive monitoring of availability, latency, and query performance

* Define database standards and patterns for schema design, indexing, partitioning, and object lifecycle management to support analytics and operational workloads

* Implement and maintain database backup/restore strategies, retention policies, and recovery procedures, including routine validation of restores

* Implement and administer high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) capabilities (e.g., replication, clustering, multi-region strategies) and support failover testing

* Automate database provisioning, configuration, patching, and operational tasks using scripting and infrastructure-as-code where appropriate

* Proactive and diligent in identifying and communicating scope, design, development issues and recommending potential solutions

* Conduct database unit and operational testing (e.g., connectivity, security, backup/restore, HA/DR, performance); participate in system and integration testing; identify and remedy solution defects

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…