SQL Database Administrator

Ovation Healthcare • Boise, ID

1d • Remote

About The Position

A Database Administrator (DBA) focusing on patching and vulnerability management is a specialized security-focused role responsible for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by proactively identifying, testing, and remediating security weaknesses in database systems. This role shifts the traditional DBA focus from purely operational performance to a proactive, risk-centric posture, ensuring databases are hardened against evolving cyber threats.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Information Systems/Sciences, or a related field, with an emphasis on database design, development, and data management
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong English language competency.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a SQL Database Administrator
• 3+ years of hands-on support of SQL Server Clustering
• Experience working with Windows Server OS.

Nice To Haves

• healthcare knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform security updates to SQL stand alone and clustered databases in coordination with Operation support staff and SME.
• Test and Implement security controls in coordination with the Security Team.
• Review Qualys Vulnerability Management findings and partner with server administrators to drive closure validation and reporting.
• Maintain metrics for remediation progress, vulnerability aging for assets, and hardening compliance; support service level agreement reporting.
• Work with SME, Operations team and/or vendors to document maintenance windows.
• Act as a liaison between database users, technical teams, application administrators, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective communication and data management.
• Troubleshooting database issues, setting up log files and scheduling backups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level