Senior Professional Database Administrator

Summary

As a Senior Professional Database DBA at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position. 

Your role in our mission

• Participates in client/project meeting(s) for needs assessment and design review. Analyzes the needs and requirements of users of existing and proposed database systems and develops technical, structural and organizational specifications to include access methods, access time, job control language, statistical methodologies, device allocation, validation checks, protection and security. 
• Designs, develops, implements and maintains moderately complex database for internal and external users/clients. 
• Creates, documents and implements standards and/or modeling to monitor and enhance the capacity and performance of the database. Programs and writes codes as necessary. Develops data import and export routines to automate data loading.  
• Performs analyses and reviews complex applications being released into production.
• Develops back-up and recovery procedures and data archive/purge procedures. Creates supporting technical documentation. 
• Remains abreast of and analyzes new and emerging technologies and tools for applicability to field. Prepares reports and/or recommendations of new and/or changing processes/products.
• Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel. 

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of database engineering, design, and development experience 
• Experience working with multiple relational databases such as SQL Server, Postgres  
• Experience working with database development methodologies, design and implementation 
• Good, demonstrated skills in using a Windows development language, programming or scripting such as PowerShell, SQL performance tuning, SQL Query Store, or other industry standards.  
• AWS experience required

What you should expect in this role

• Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%)
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is March 30, 2026.