Epic Database Administrator

Jupiter Medical Center

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Epic Operational Database Administrator participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of software applications and databases using various relational databases, client/server, and object-oriented tools and programming languages. The Epic Operational Database Administrator will use various applications to maintain and update large databases, reviews database designs, and ensures consistency of standards, procedures, and content. Assembles, manipulates, analyzes, and disseminates data. The Epic Operational Database Administrator will plan and coordinate database design and development to ensure the development of an accurate clinical database. Creating and managing the ODB environments that serve production, reporting, disaster recovery, training, and non-production needs. Installing and maintaining the administrative and monitoring tools necessary for high levels of availability and performance of the Epic system Understanding performance metrics, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting issues Managing the logins for different types of access, including login behavior, and working environment configuration Applying IRIS and Epic upgrades and updates to production and non-production environments Configuring and maintaining environment copies according to the environment strategy Responding to emergency and after-hours issues Engaging in capacity planning exercises to ensure adequate system resources. Collaborating with technical teams and Epic to ensure proactive support. Writing and maintaining scripts to improve system management tasks. Participating in change control processes for all planned application and technical activities. Maintaining and testing processes related to business continuity. Following vendor and Epic best practices for hardware and software configuration. Member of the on-call rotation team.

Requirements

Certification in Operational Database Administration
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field
Strong Unix Skills using command-line prompt, including navigating directory structures and file manipulation.
Understanding of operating system concepts such as user and group ownership and file permissions, file system/volume group configuration, etc.
Knowledge of a command shell (Korn, POSIX, Bourne, or C), plus languages and utilities such as ask, sed, and Perl
Ability to create, understand, and follow processes to ensure successful execution of critical maintenance procedures.

Responsibilities

Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of software applications and databases.
Maintains and updates large databases.
Reviews database designs and ensures consistency of standards, procedures, and content.
Assembles, manipulates, analyzes, and disseminates data.
Plans and coordinates database design and development.
Creates and manages ODB environments for production, reporting, disaster recovery, training, and non-production needs.
Installs and maintains administrative and monitoring tools for Epic system availability and performance.
Understands performance metrics, monitors system performance, and troubleshoots issues.
Manages logins for different types of access, including login behavior and working environment configuration.
Applies IRIS and Epic upgrades and updates to production and non-production environments.
Configures and maintains environment copies according to the environment strategy.
Responds to emergency and after-hours issues.
Engages in capacity planning exercises.
Collaborates with technical teams and Epic for proactive support.
Writes and maintains scripts to improve system management tasks.
Participates in change control processes.
Maintains and tests processes related to business continuity.
Follows vendor and Epic best practices for hardware and software configuration.
Serves as a member of the on-call rotation team.