Senior Database Engineer
MCG Health3 hours ago
Base Salary
$14k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize SQL Server environments hosted on Azure.
- Administer and support a large fleet of production SQL Server instances and Azure VM clusters.
- Diagnose and resolve complex database and application performance issues.
- Perform database upgrades, patching, backups, restores, and disaster recovery.
- Support data extracts, data scrubbing, and database maintenance activities.
- Deploy and configure customer environments and application components.
- Troubleshoot advanced application issues across Windows, IIS, and SQL Server environments.
- Drive automation, infrastructure scalability, performance tuning, and elimination of manual operational processes.
- Use AI-driven and advanced analytics tools to detect issues, monitor performance, and improve operational efficiency.
- Serve as a technical escalation point and mentor support team members.
- Track and manage customer issues using ticketing systems.
- Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with engineering, support, operations, security, vendors, and customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of Windows Server 2019 or later administration experience.
- At least 5 years of SQL Server 2019 or later administration and database design experience.
- At least 5 years of T-SQL development experience, including stored procedures and database design.
- At least 5 years of SQL Server performance tuning and optimization experience.
- At least 5 years supporting and optimizing SQL Server 2019 clusters on an Azure VM.
- At least 5 years supporting web applications in an n-tier architecture.
- Experience supporting production systems in Azure-hosted environments.
- Experience with application performance monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Datadog, or New Relic.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Preferred experience with PowerShell, Python, ARM, Terraform, APIs, application integrations, healthcare or HIPAA-regulated environments, and customer-facing technical roles.
Benefits
- Remote work with occasional travel for company-sponsored events, stated as approximately 1–3 trips per year in the remote-work details and 3–4 trips per year in the benefits section.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
- 15 days of paid time off plus additional front-loaded personal days.
- 14 company-recognized holidays and paid volunteer days.
- Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave plus 10 weeks of paid bonding leave.
- LGBTQ+ health services and pet insurance.
About MCG Health
MCG Health, a Hearst Health company based in Seattle, provides evidence-based clinical guidelines, AI-enabled decision support, and care management software for hospitals, health plans, and government agencies. Its products are licensed by payers and providers to support medical-necessity determinations, care pathways, and utilization management. Founded in 1988, the company distributes its content and tools on a subscription basis across the U.S. healthcare market.