Senior Database Administrator II

2 days ago


Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States Abbott Full time

The Opportunity

This position is located in Maple Grove, MN, within Abbott's Medical Device Division, supporting R&D IT. As a Senior Database Engineer, you will have the chance to create technical specifications, support new and existing applications, and enable development teams to release medical device software and systems more rapidly.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement database environments for production, reporting, disaster recovery, training, and non-production needs
  • Install and maintain administrative and monitoring tools for high availability and performance of EMR systems
  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and apply upgrades and updates to production and non-production environments
  • Configure and maintain environment copies according to the environment strategy
  • Respond to emergency and after-hours issues, and engage in capacity planning exercises to ensure adequate system resources
  • Collaborate with technical teams and EMR vendors to ensure proactive support, and write and maintain scripts to improve system management tasks
  • Participate in change control processes for all planned application and technical activities, and maintain and test processes related to business continuity
  • Follow vendor best practices for hardware and software configuration, and collaborate with partner IT staff to improve processes and infrastructure setup
  • Contribute to end-user training as needed, and be comfortable providing day-to-day support, communicating trends and new developments in technology to advise on current state best practices for implementing solutions
  • Communicate effectively with management to enhance their understanding of the opportunities and limitations of information systems
  • Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, and operating procedures

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • Strong Unix skills using the 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 awk, sed, and Perl
  • Ability to create, understand, and follow processes to ensure successful execution of critical maintenance procedures
  • Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies and how DevOps practices are incorporated to improve delivery speed, knowledge of JIRA sprints is helpful
  • Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and its integration functions with Azure
  • Experience with Repository management and version control (GIT)
  • Experience with Deploying applications and infrastructure to Azure cloud environments
  • Familiarity with automated testing and test-driven development practices
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills, able to bridge communication between technical areas and business areas for a full and complete understanding of expectations
  • Must be a self-starter and possess good analytical skills
  • Comfortable partnering with engineers to understand and solve problems that will enable you to deliver reliable software faster
  • Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
  • Ability to travel approximately 3%

Preferred Qualifications

  • EMR based application and (or) EMR based database administration certification
  • 5+ years of technical system administration experience
  • 5+ years of experience translating business requirements into technical designs
  • At least 3 years' experience working in regulated environments


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