Database Systems Engineer Senior, Radiology
About The Position
WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! JOB SUMMARY This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a computer related field
- 5 years experience in field directly related to type of database maintained including experience working with and maintaining large complex databases.
- Certification in at least one relevant operating system or associated technology.
- May be required to submit to a federal background investigation.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes and remediates problems involving: operating systems, database systems, applications or other technologies;troubleshoots system components and recommends improvements in support of an efficient highly available data center operation.
- Installs and documents database architecture; assists with building database schemas, tables, procedures and permissions.
- Works to identify and propose innovative and creative solutions that enhance or increase the efficiency of the services provided by Information Resources to the campus community; develops database utilities and automated reporting.
- Creates shell scripts for database task automation; creates, tests, and executes instructions sets such as scripts and queries using appropriate data management and programming languages.
- Analyzes and sustains capacity and performance requirements by establishing and calculating optimum values for database parameters using manuals and calculator; analyzes, consolidates and tunes databases for optimal efficiency.
- Monitors database systems and platforms for availability; oversees backup, clustering, mirroring, replication and failover installation, configuration and testing.
- Oversees restoration and recovery of corrupted databases; reviews project requests describing analyst needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
- Schedules, plans and supervises the installation and testing of database system upgrades and patches to computer systems such as the installation of new databases; Provides 24/7 support for critical situations.
- Works as part of a project team to determine database and application project scope and limitations; evaluates and recommends new database technologies.
- Provides support for Call Center (ServiceNow) incidents; assists with responses to security incidents to prevent additional loss and obtains and preserves forensic evidence.
- Identifies and analyzes that impact of database and application system security vulnerabilities in relation to the enterprise environment.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
- Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
