Senior Database / Systems Architect - Remote

About Sound:

Headquartered in Tacoma, WA, Sound Physicians is a physician-founded and led, national, multi-specialty medical group made up of more than 1,000 business colleagues and 4,000 physicians, APPs, CRNAs, and nurses practicing in 400-plus hospitals across 45 states. Founded in 2001, and with specialties in emergency and hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesia, and telemedicine, Sound has a reputation for innovating and leading through an ever-changing healthcare landscape with patients at the center of the universe.

Sound Physicians offers a competitive benefits package inclusive of the items below, and more:

• Medical insurance, Dental insurance, and Vision insurance
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Paid time off (PTO) begins accruing immediately upon start date at a rate of 15 days per year, in accordance with Sound's PTO policy
• Ten company-paid holidays per year

About the Role:

The Database Administrator is responsible for management oversight, provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of cloud services, on premises database environments, budgeting and planning of IT Operations. This individual will lead technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the technology services organization. This individual ensures that cloud tenants, system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, policies, and procedures.

This individual is accountable for the following systems: Azure/365 Tenant Management, Server Environments for On-Premises Hosted Data Centers, Virtualization Systems, Storage systems, Software Development Schematics, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Maintenance and Capital Budget planning and projects as assigned by the Technology Services Director.

The Details: This position is remote, with a preference for candidates close to one of our offices in either Tacoma, WA or Brentwood, TN.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Database Administration:

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining database systems to ensure high performance, security, and availability
• Monitoring database performance, implementing changes, and applying new patches and versions when required
• Performing regular database backups and recovery procedures
• Optimizing and tuning database queries for efficiency after being released to production
• Collaborating with developers to design and optimize database schemas
• Ensuring data integrity and security by implementing appropriate measures
• Creating and maintaining documentation related to database configurations, procedures, and policies
• Troubleshooting and resolving database-related issues and provide support to end-users
• Conducting regular audits to ensure compliance with data protection regulations, such as GDPR,HIPAA
• Possessing proficiency in database management systems including related tools (e.g., SQL Server, data lakes, document stores, event hubs)
• Possessing a strong knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance tuning
• Having familiarity with database design, documentation, and coding
• Performing application ecosystem troubleshooting

On-Premises SQL Server Installations:

• Installing, configuring, and maintaining SQL Server instances and related software
• Monitoring and optimizing database performance, including indexing and query tuning
• Implementing and managing database security measures, including user roles and permissions
• Performing regular backups and ensuring reliable recovery processes
• Applying patches and updates to SQL Server to maintain security and performance
• Troubleshooting and resolving database issues, ensuring minimal downtime
• Conducting regular audits to ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulations
• Developing and maintaining documentation for database configurations, procedures, and policies

Azure SQL Databases:

• Provisioning and configuring Azure SQL databases to meet application requirements
• Monitoring and optimizing database performance, including indexing and query tuning
• Implementing security measures, including firewall rules, encryption, and access controls
• Managing automated backups and configure point-in-time restore options
• Scaling databases up or down based on performance and storage needs
• Ensuring high availability and disaster recovery using geo-replication and failover groups
• Optimizing cost by managing resource utilization and selecting appropriate pricing tiers
• Integrating with other Azure services for enhanced functionality and analytics

Complexity/Problem Solving:

• This position owns a variety of production services and provides direction to others. The question/issues are typically clear and require determining which answer (from a few choices) is the best

Communications/Interpersonal Contacts:

• Interpreting and/or discussing information with others, which involves terminology or concepts not familiar to many people; regularly providing advice and recommending actions involving rather complex issues

What we are looking for:

A successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of a combination of these values, knowledge, and experience:

Values:

• Self-Motivated: Proactively jumps in to start a task or project with limited direction; asks to take on more responsibility and what is next
• Communication: The ability to speak, write, and listen clearly and consistently
• Relationship Building and Maintenance: The ability to create and nourish healthy, strong relationships, as the face of Sound
• Teamwork: Demonstrates the ability to pull people together into highly effective teams along with ability to work in a highly matrixed organization
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrates the ability to be proactive, anticipate needs; ability to make good decisions with incomplete, ambiguous information
• Solution mindset: Works within confines of resources while building capacity
• Resourceful: Demonstrates proactive willingness to utilize available information and tools to figure things out
• Customer-focused: Puts the customer's (internal and external) needs first and makes customers their top priority
• Intellectually Curious: Demonstrates a genuine interest in learning new things and wants to know the reason why behind the way things are done
• Strategic Thinker: Demonstrates the ability to look at the big picture and proactively develop a plan of action
• Collaborative: Demonstrates the ability to work well with others to accomplish a goal and get the work done; takes opinions of others into consideration; includes others in the decision-making process
• Adaptable: Demonstrates flexibility and a willingness to change as circumstances evolve

Knowledge:

• Minimum: Bachelor s Degree
• Azure including Azure SQL Platform as a Service, Azure Virtual Networking, Identity and Access Management, API, containerization and web application services
• Functional knowledge of DNS and Networking
• Functional knowledge of on-premises hosting of three tier architecture and virtualization

Experience:

• Minimum: 7 years - combination of system administration and data architecture experience
• Experience managing colleagues and providing coaching and counseling on a technical basis
• Experience supporting a 1000+ user environment across multiple locations

Pay Range: This position offers an annual salary range of $120,000 to $160,000. The starting annual salary will fall between $120,000-$130,000, based on candidate experience, and geographical location.

Sound Physicians is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the bedside and in our workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the position. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment.

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