United States onlyOur ideal candidate will have:
- Extensive GCP Database Experience:Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing databases on Google Cloud Platform (using services such as BigQuery or Cloud SQL) in large-scale production environments.
- Cloud-Native Architecture & Performance Tuning: Experience building highly available, scalable database solutions on GCP and optimizing their performance (query tuning, indexing, capacity planning) to support complex healthcare applications.
- Database Security & Compliance:Strong knowledge of cloud database security best practices (access controls, encryption, network policies) and experience ensuring compliance with data protection regulations (e.g.,HIPAA) to safeguard sensitive patient data.
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery:Hands-on experience implementing robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions on GCP to ensure 24/7 uptime and data integrity (e.g., automated backups, point-in-time recovery, replication/failover strategies).
- Automation & DevOps:Proficiency in automating database administration tasks (backups, updates, monitoring) using scripting or Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g.,Terraform, Python, Bash) and supporting CI/CD pipelines for database changes.
- Sponsorship is not available for this role.
- On-call rotation is part of the schedule for this team.
- While this is a fully remote role, the final round of interviews will take place onsite at our Chattanooga, TN office.
Job Responsibilities
- Utilizing logical models to ensure efficient and reliable database performance.
- Designing and developing logical and physical layers for various databases. Leading in handling data testing, reporting, back-ups and restorations.
- Managing and maintaining data in all production and non-production databases and replication servers.
- Providing technical assistance and mentoring staff on developing conceptual and logical database designs and physical databases.
Job Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Sciences related field or equivalent work experience
Experience
- 5 years - Systems and programming experience required
Skills\Certifications
- Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
- Proven analysis, design, and coding skills, and demonstrated success in leading large and complex projects
- Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers
Number of Openings Available
1Worker Type:
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