SQL Database Administrator

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. 

Work Shift:

8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Salary Range: $34.50 - $57.00Pay starts at $34.50 and increases according to years of experience.

Union Position:

No

Department Details

***Working remotely is an option if you currently live in SD, ND, MN, IA, NE or WI.

Administer (including install, update and configure) and maintain large SQL Server environments with hundreds of databases and multi-terabyte data volumes.

Manage and maintain database security, roles, and permissions.

Monitor database performance and troubleshoot performance issues, optimizing queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies when appropriate.

Implement and support high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions such as Always On
Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, and Replication.

Maintain database documentation, standards, and best practices.

Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation and provide after-hours support for critical incidents.

Summary

Establishes and manages data access and support practices for a specific database technology. Develops, implements and maintains documentation, policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of a database.

Job Description

The Database Administrator performs backup and recovery, configures database parameters, and designs prototypes against logical data models. Monitors database and replication servers for resource utilization. Implements database tuning and performance optimization. Creates and maintains user profiles for database access, including login and password information. Maintains and implements Extract, Transform, Load (ETL). Maintains databases and data warehouses to current version levels. May deal directly with customers for issue resolution and testing parameters.

Qualifications

Associate's Degree in technology related field required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Two years data management or related work experience in IT industry.

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. 

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