Job Description

Role - Senior Database Operations Engineer


Reporting to the Manager, Database Administration, the Senior Database Operations Engineer will provide timely and quality database design, development, maintenance, and problem resolution services for internal and external customers. They will manage highly resilient corporate and cloud database infrastructure utilized by GHX DaaS/SaaS solutions. The Sr Database Ops Engineer will work with various operational and development teams to plan, design and implement and support core database functionality that meets company initiatives with respect to performance, scalability, reliability, and adherence to operational policies and principles.

Roles and Responsibilities

•Administration and management of GHX databases, including:Backup and recovery ,Monitoring of data database capacity and performance ,Security and data access management ,Installations, upgrades, and patching ,Fail over server management
•Safeguard the company's data, tools and information systems by adhering to Operational and Security policies and procedures throughout the lifecycle of service delivery.
•24/7 monitoring, on-call support and troubleshooting database issues, provide operational feedback to development and release teams.
• Provide guidance and assistance to junior database engineers
• Collaborate with DB platform engineers on DB version and upgrades as well as best practices

Required Qualifications

•Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in CS or related discipline or equivalent experience
•5-8 years’ experience in Database Administration
•In depth knowledge of at least one RDBMS platform or No-SQL platform (ie MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, Oracle or SQL server) with familiarity and the ability to support additional platforms at a basic level
•Experience with hybrid and public cloud concepts
•Part of a support organization involved in implementation projects
•Proven ability to manage databases in a high transaction/high availability environment
•Experience with horizontal scaling and high availability technologies/concepts (ie Oracle RAC & Dataguard, SQL Server ‘Always On’)
•Hands-on experience with Solaris, UNIX, Linux, or Windows operating systems in a physical and/or virtual environment
•Experience with cloud hosted databases AWS preferred

Preferred Skills

•Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
•Interpersonal skills with a strong orientation towards customer service
•Excellent written and oral communications skills with demonstrated commitment to production of high-quality documentation
•Excellent team player with good experience working with departmental and cross functional teams

GHX: It's the way you do business in healthcare
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) enables better patient care and billions in savings for the healthcare community by maximizing automation, efficiency and accuracy of business processes.

GHX is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using our world class cloud-based supply chain technology exchange platform, solutions, analytics and services. We bring together healthcare providers and manufacturers and distributors in North America and Europe - who rely on smart, secure healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate their business processes and make more informed decisions.

It is our passion and vision for a more operationally efficient healthcare supply chain, helping organizations reduce - not shift - the cost of doing business, paving the way to delivering patient care more effectively. Together we take more than a billion dollars out of the cost of delivering healthcare every year. GHX is privately owned, operates in the United States, Canada and Europe, and employs more than 1000 people worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is in Colorado, with additional offices in Europe.

Disclaimer
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC and its North American subsidiaries (collectively, “GHX”) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law. This EEO policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, including hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, educational assistance, termination, layoffs, social and recreational programs, and retirement.GHX believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each employee to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. GHX expects and requires the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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