Description

Careers that Change Lives

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

As a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, you will be a part of our Operations DBA team responsible for providing day to day support of our 40+ TB database environment.

The Senior Database Administrator works with a team of DBA’s and application developers to bring industry best practices to database design, SQL tuning and maintenance to ensure multiple database instances are fully functional 24/7. This role will participate in on-call rotation to provide 7x24 support to the environment.

Your commitment to drive and managing high quality execution, operational excellence and delivering technology solutions that meet business needs and optimize customer experience will have a direct impact on the organization, and ultimately, affect the lives of millions.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Primary Responsibilities
• Work independently under limited supervision
• Deliver innovative solutions that meet business needs
• Design, implement, manage and support SQL Server database environment
• Design and implement databases using highly availability patterns for scalability and stability
• Identifies and documents best practices to implement and manage database Instances
• Troubleshoot production support issues
• Provide leadership and active hands-on participation in database performance issue resolutions
• Identify, setup and monitor system performance using native and corporate monitoring tools
• Works with IT and business partners to identify and implement opportunities to improve database performance
• Mentor, guide and develop junior and offshore DBA

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications
• Ability to work independently to deliver project with minimal guidance
• Strong SQL writing experience
• Experience managing Very Large Databases
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong Performance Tuning knowledge
• Strong Experience with High Availability technologies (Always on, Database Partitioning, & Clustering)
• Knowledge of scripting languages (T-SQL, PowerShell)
• Experience automating routine tasks
• Experience configuring, managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting SQL Server 2017 and up
• Strong written and verbal communication & presentation skills
• Hands-on experience with AppDynamics, SolarWinds SQL Sentry
• Previous healthcare industry experience a plus
• Entity Framework development experience
• .Net development experience
• Experience managing SQL Server IaaS in Cloud (AWS & Azure)

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

Responsibilities

• As a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, you will be a part of our Operations DBA team responsible for providing day to day support of our 40+ TB database environment
• The Senior Database Administrator works with a team of DBA’s and application developers to bring industry best practices to database design, SQL tuning and maintenance to ensure multiple database instances are fully functional 24/7
• This role will participate in on-call rotation to provide 7x24 support to the environment
• Your commitment to drive and managing high quality execution, operational excellence and delivering technology solutions that meet business needs and optimize customer experience will have a direct impact on the organization, and ultimately, affect the lives of millions
• Work independently under limited supervision
• Design, implement, manage and support SQL Server database environment
• Design and implement databases using highly availability patterns for scalability and stability
• Identifies and documents best practices to implement and manage database Instances
• Troubleshoot production support issues
• Provide leadership and active hands-on participation in database performance issue resolutions
• Identify, setup and monitor system performance using native and corporate monitoring tools
• Works with IT and business partners to identify and implement opportunities to improve database performance
• Mentor, guide and develop junior and offshore DBA
• For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile
• The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience