Database Administrator Level I Job in Philadelphia 19102, Pennsylvania US
excelleRx, Inc. is the market leader in pharmaceutical care for niche disease markets, providing expert medication consultation and pharmaceutical distribution services. Combining proprietary technology and clinical experience, excelleRx ensures the appropriate use of medication, and thereby enhances quality of life. Caregivers from healthcare facilities nationwide rely on excelleRx to manage their patients’ pharmacotherapy needs. The excelleRx mission is to use technology and clinical expertise to change the way medication is deployed, so that patients are given prescriptions based on objective information rather than habit or personal preference
Summary:
The DBA Level I is a member of the excelleRx Database Team. The team supports and maintains the databases associated with the companys core proprietary patient medication reference application. The DBTeam works in a collaborative and supportive environment.
A successful DBA Level I will be trained to monitor the application, have the communication skills to give consistent reports of the state of the databases, and provide over night support on a rotating schedule.
Environment – Scope
- excelleRx has fifty (50) SQL Servers. excelleRx uses SQL Server exclusively for its Database Management.
- The environment supports a three-phased life-cycle: development, testing and production
- The monitoring tools used for mission critical servers are from Idera. They are Diagnostic Manager, Compliance Manager and Defrag Manager.
- Quest software Lite Speed for SQL Server is used for backups and log shipping
- excelleRx uses business intelligence and data warehouse processes to monitor and administer the business
- The DBTeam works closely with the system administration, technical support and software development teams on a daily basis
- Written and verbal reports of database status to management on a periodic basis
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Create primary database objects (tables, views, indexes, etc.) as required by developers or packaged application vendors
- Maintain log shipping (or another method) for disaster recovery readiness.
- Maintain Transactional Replication process
- Control and monitor user access to databases
- Monitor and optimize the performance of databases. Provide regular reports of the state of the database environment.
- Implement and document processes for backup and recovery of databases
- Coordinate and communicate production schedules
- Participate in the regular on-call rotation and other off-hours support as required
- Support other databases/applications as and when required.
- Research new technologies and recommend applications.
- Other duties as assigned
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Keywords: DBA
