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The University of Kansas Health System

Academic medical center with trauma care

Database Administrator 3

Database AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShawnee Mission, KS, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • High school graduate.
  • Twelve years of Database Administrator experience with SQL 2012–SQL 2016 in a production environment or Epic Intersystems Cache Database server.
  • Experience with SQL Always On technologies.
  • Experience with AIX and Windows server platforms.
  • Fluent English, including reading, writing, understanding, and speaking.
  • Knowledge of SQL Business Intelligence, SQL Analysis Services, SQL Reporting, or Integration Services.
  • Knowledge of SAP Business Objects.
  • Familiarity with data warehousing concepts.
  • Knowledge of EPIC Chronicles.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the design, development, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of new and existing databases.
  • Lead the development of standards and procedures to maximize database performance, data integrity, and recoverability.
  • Provide on-call support to DBAs during Priority I and II issues.
  • Install, patch, and upgrade databases.
  • Create and modify database objects.
  • Export, transform, and load data.
  • Monitor database alerts, performance, replication, and resource utilization.
  • Assist with forecasting and budgeting for database resources and licenses.
  • Ensure compliance with database licensing.
  • Validate the integrity of database objects.
  • Audit database, operating system, ETL, and high-availability logs.
  • Perform and monitor database backups, validate backup plans against recoverability goals, and perform database recovery.
  • Analyze database failures and identify corrective actions.
  • Tune databases.
  • Ensure databases meet stated uptime objectives.
  • Plan and implement database high availability when needed.
  • Document database modifications according to the Change Control Policy.
  • Develop and document tools, scripts, and processes.
  • Develop and review documentation for database functionality.
  • Review changes made by DBA I and DBA II, and assist with peer review of changes.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer of database skills to team members and coach and mentor new associates.
  • Assist with application evaluation, implementation, testing, and validation.
  • Assist programming staff with tuning scripts and programs to access data efficiently.
  • Plan and manage the environment.
  • Advise leadership and executives about technology trends.
  • Independently resolve most issues that arise and proactively manage the role’s responsibilities.
  • Create database service-level agreements and verify databases meet existing agreements, including backup, uptime, and recoverability requirements.
  • Perform the professional, clinical, or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or a master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience in a hospital or healthcare environment.
  • Experience with UNIX, AIX, or Linux operating systems.
  • Certification in SQL Server or Cache database technology.

About the Company

The University of Kansas Health System

Academic medical center with trauma care

What does this company do? - The University of Kansas Health System is a non-profit academic medical center that provides a wide range of healthcare services across Kansas and the surrounding region, including primary care, specialized treatments, and a large physician practice in more than 200 specialties. It operates multiple locations (Kansas City, Topeka, Great Bend, Lawrence) and serves as a major regional provider. It also engages in research and education as part of its academic medical center role. How does this company's product(s) work? - Its main

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Kansas City, KS
Founded
1998

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