Principal Database Administrator
Irvine, CA

Job Description

What We Need

A Principal Database Administrator to implement and support a world-class service to provide Kareo's customers with an always-on, state-of-the-art, automated SaaS environment on which to build our leading-edge products and services

Your Area of Focus

Work in a multi-function capacity mentoring team members and managing tasks as well as maintaining a healthy database environment

* Scale and maintain our multi-server, multi-database environment
* Monitor hundreds of database jobs in SQL Server, and troubleshoot any failures
* Understand and maintain windows Failover Clustering
* Execute Adhoc Reporting Requests and the ability to Automate when needed
* Maintain SSIS packages
* Monitor database health using Data Performance Analyzer for Sql Server
* Optimizing query performance
* Monthly patching
* Participate in On-call 24/7 Rotation

Your Qualifications

* A clear vision of how a multi-site database system should work when they work well. Know the difference between a good answer, a better answer, and a bad answer
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work with all levels of management across all business teams
* Hands-on experience: 10+ years on MSSQL to install, configure, upgrade, and maintain databases in a multi-server, clustered environment
* Superior MSSQL DB troubleshooting, restoration, performance-tuning, and design skills and experience. Including SSIS, SSRS
* Project/Agile team experience working closely with development, product, and support teams to ensure proper use of database features, best practices, and adherence to corporate database standards
* A sense of urgency and priority. We work in a fast-paced environment with requests coming from multiple directions
* A healthy dose of awesome. Be confident in your awesomeness so you can ask for help, admit mistakes, and learn from others. We are a great team because we work together without attitude

Your Characteristics

* Be Passionately Driven: We take pride in our work, inspire others to excel, and are always curious to learn more. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of quality and integrity. We work with urgency because we love what we do.
* Dedicated to Customer Success: Helping our customers succeed is our number one goal and inspires every action we take. We want our customers' practices, and their patients, to thrive. We are empathetic, solution-oriented, and aligned with their needs.
* Together We're Better: We are honest, approachable, and collaborative. We believe great teams with members that are willing to do what it takes to get the job done can accomplish more. We put the team first and win together.
* Constant Innovation: We reject the status quo. We take a unique approach and make every effort to bring clarity to a needlessly complex industry. We are creative problem solvers. And we apply the same innovative thinking to our business and healthcare as a whole. We believe in making things better.