Principal Database Administrator

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The Principal Database Administrator will design, implement and maintain databases and strategies to ensure performance, availability, integrity and security of company databases. Monitor and improve database performance and capacity utilization to provide high database availability and redundancy.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide Azure SQL database solutions that support company objectives
• Work with software design and development teams in designing database architectures and data modeling, building database schemas, tables, procedures and views
• Work with the system administrators for hardware and software installations and configurations
• Administer, monitor, and maintain Azure SQL databases, ensuring their integrity, security, and high performance
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to design, implement, and maintain the database architecture, including high-availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Manage database environments within the Azure cloud platform
• Participate in database testing and quality assurance processes to validate database changes and updates
• Analyze and tune Azure SQL database for optimal efficiency by Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, implementing query optimization, and fine-tuning database configurations to achieve optimal performance
• Analyze and sustain capacity and performance requirements, including effective use of indexes, enabling parallel query execution, and other DBMS features, such as query store
• Create and manage efficient database indexes to enhance query performance and reduce database access times
• Maintain thorough documentation of database configurations, procedures, and best practices
• Add and remove users, administer roles and permissions, audit, and check for security problems
  
  

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.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Azure SQL Server Data Engineer with experience in design, implementation, and management
• 4+ years proven experience managing Databases on Azure or AWS
• 1+ years of experience PII Personally Identifiable Information or PHI Personal Health Information
• 1+ years of experience with change management systems, such as ServiceNow and Jira
• 1+ years of experience with SQL waits, locking, blocking and resource contention
• United States citizenship is required for this position.
• If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in related field
• 3+ years of experience with Design, Configuration, and Administration of highly available enterprise PostgreSQL solutions
• 1+ years of experience with federal contracts, including STIG, NIST, SOC auditing, CUI, PII/PHI
• 1+ years of data security with regards to Confidential Unclassified Information
• 1+ years of experience with Design, Configuration, and Administration of highly available enterprise PostgreSQL solutions
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
  
  

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment