Senior Database Engineer - Remote

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Senior Database Engineer within the Optum Financial Services Tech team, you will be a key contributor to building and optimizing the highly scalable data foundations that power our financial healthcare ecosystem. Our team is dedicated to modernizing financial data exchange and improving health equity by ensuring seamless, secure access to financial tools and benefits for millions of members. In this role, you will tackle complex data architecture challenges and real-time transaction processing using innovative technologies such as cloud-native database platforms, automated CI/CD pipelines, and advanced data security frameworks.

You will collaborate with elite engineering teams to drive the future of financial health technology, ensuring our systems are performant, resilient, and ready for the next generation of healthcare innovation.

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.

• All aspects of database administration including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migration, capacity planning, performance tuning, backup and recovery
• Proficiency with network troubleshooting tools and techniques
• Change management including maintenance of multiple development, test, QA, and production environments. Responsible for deploying approved changes to production
• 24x7 rotational on-call support, including driving Root Cause Analysis (RCA), preventative action follow-through, and participation in weekly operations reviews
• Proactive database monitoring and issue resolution
• Database and PL/SQL optimization including performance tuning, query optimization and supportability; experience with Oracle 19c
• Actively participate and contribute to projects involving enterprise systems enhancements
• Participate in project design and Oracle database design decisions. Refine and troubleshoot the design
• Create and maintain appropriate documentation about the database and the data architecture
• Regular proactive capacity planning and tending reviews of all oracle databases. Producing weekly, monthly management reports
• Project Estimation process – including attending project kick-offs and design reviews as necessary to appropriately size new environments, recommend infrastructure solutions and deliver associated cost and resource effort estimates
• Develop and implement Database security policies and procedures, in line with corporate objectives

• Oracle RDBMS (19c)
• Oracle Exa Data
• Python, Shell scripting, SQL, PL/SQL, Perl scripting
• Oracle Golden Gate
• Oracle Golden Gate Micro Services
• Git Hub

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.

• 10+ years of DBA administration experience
• 5+ years of experience in database design, SQL, and stored procedure development experience
• 3+ years of experience participating in team…