Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together .

We are seeking a senior Database Administrator to be an integral part of the DBA Operations team. Must have experience with multiple database platforms primarily for MongoDB/MSSQL in cloud and secondary support for NOSQL DBs like Cosmos. The senior DBA position plays a crucial role in the continuous delivery of our database operations. The successful candidate will have a track record of operational excellence managing large scale databases and at least 10+ years of hands-on experience. You will have excellent communication skills, a keen attention to detail, and a passion for learning new technology and building high quality, scalable solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and implement fault-tolerant SQL Server and MongoDB solutions using highly availability patterns for scalability and stability in on-premises and in Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Deploying, migrating data, monitoring, analyzing, and tuning MongoDB/MSSQL.
• Manage and maintain multiple database servers across multiple environments (MongoDB/MSSQL/Cosmos).
• Design & implement redundancy and fail-over strategies.
• Monitor and tune query performance.
• Design, deploy and manage the Microsoft SQL and MongoDB solutions in Cloud (Azure/GCP/AWS).
• Monitor and maintain database health, performance and security.
• Monitor and maintain SQL server and MongoDB Mirroring, Log shipping, backups, ETL SSIS jobs.
• Provide SQL Server and MongoDB administration in MS SQL Server 2016 and above, MongoDB 5 and above.
• Plan and implement database backup strategies and perform recovery in case of disaster.
• Respond to database and user problems, and provide guidance to junior level DBA.
• Analyze SQL query plans, suggest and implement solutions to support developers in development and production environments.
• Install, configure and upgrade database management systems and software including clustering environment.
• Refine and automate security lockdown processes using T-SQL and PowerShell DSC.
• Respond to service requests and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Assist with customer implementations and upgrades.
• Attend and actively participate in weekly meetings.
• Participate in rotating 24x7 “on call” support coverage.
• Perform maintenance related activities during scheduled weekend maintenance windows.
• Participate in capacity management, expansion and growth planning.
• Develop and document best practices for maintenance, monitoring, migration, and fail-over strategies.
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Proven experience with MongoDB scaling across data centers and/or in-depth understanding of MongoDB HA strategies, including replica sets and sharding.
• A successful candidate must have excellent critical thinking skills. A big part of this role will be diagnosing issues that may not have happened in the past and they will be expected to investigate, understand, and come up with solutions to resolve them.
• Knowledge of Azure cloud platform is must, AWS and Azure is plus.
• Must be able to exercise judgment within defined procedures to determine appropriate action.
• Solid organizational and multi-tasking skills to prioritize workload in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge of various high availability and disaster recovery solutions (Sharding/AlwaysOn, Clustering, etc.).
• Deep knowledge of DB performance/scaling concepts and tuning best practices.
• Highly self-motivated with the desire to embrace new database technologies and must be able to work independently or within a team in a high demand and dynamic environment.
• Solid team player with excellent written and verbal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment with a broad scope of responsibilities.
• Solid communication skills. Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders.

Preferred Qualification:

• Cloud certifications or an interest in pursuing certification.

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.