Database Administrator III

Job Description
Cerner is seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator III to join the CernerWorks project team supporting clients and patients around the world. As a CernerWorks DBA, you will perform project work that keeps critical systems current with the latest technology and best practices while ensuring a stable environment for users. Responsibilities for this role are installing, configuring, and performing major upgrades to Oracle database software, replications and backups, implementing and maintaining database security, conducting proactive and reactive database maintenance. This includes applying database updates and stand-alone hotfixes to client environments, as well as evaluating, implementing, and improving processes for database management. We are looking for someone who can create and maintain comprehensive documentation for supported database technologies outside of the day-to-day performance of upgrades, patching, hardware migrations and client migrations to CernerWorks from on-premises datacenters.
Working Environment

Hybrid or Remote

This position offers a Hybrid or Remote working environment. Meaning if you live within a metro area of a Cerner office, you will split working time between a Cerner office and remote. If you are not within a metro area of a Cerner office, you can live and work in your current geographical location and work primarily remote. #LI-Hybrid #Remote

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Working Environment Hybrid or Remote Relocation Assistance Available for this Job: Yes - Domestic/Regional

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:

• At least 6 years total combined completed higher education and related work experience, including:
  • At least 1 year of Database, system administration and/or system engineering work experience
  • At least 5 years completed higher education and/or additional work experience directly related to the job
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electronics, Mathematics, Operational Research, or related field
• Due to the client contract, you will be assigned, this position requires you to be a U.S. citizen
• Receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for your position

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of experience installing and configuring, maintaining, and/or upgrading Oracle databases.
• At least 1 year working in Linux command line environments
• At least 1 year of experience managing/maintaining a relational database management system
• At least 1 year of experience upgrading Oracle Databases
• At least 1 year of experience configuring backups and restoring data
• At least 1 year of experience troubleshooting database/host performance issues
• At least 1 year of experience tuning SQL performance issues
• At least 1 year of experience in automation and scripting skills

Expectations:

• Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed and allowed by local regulations
• Work in accordance with corporate and organizational security policies and procedures, understand personal role in safeguarding corporate and client assets, and take appropriate action to prevent and report any compromises of security within scope of position
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Applicants for U.S.-based positions with Cerner must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Due to specific client contract requirements, this position requires that the successful candidate be a U.S. citizen. The client contract also requires receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for the position.

Some Cerner positions may be obligated to comply with client-facing requirements and occupational health requests, including but not limited to, an immunization set, covid-19 vaccination, an annual flu shot, an annual TB screen, an updated background check, and/or an updated drug screen.

Cerner is a place where people are encouraged to innovate with confidence and focus on what is important - people's health and the care they receive. We are transforming health care by developing tools and technologies that make it more efficient for care providers and patients to navigate the complexity of our health. From single offices to entire countries, Cerner solutions are licensed at more than 25,000 facilities in over 35 countries.

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