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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Hartford, CT
Hartford, Connecticut

About this job

UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)



This role is responsible for leading DBA team with deep understanding of database platforms and technologies in Database Services. The incumbent will partner throughout other infrastructure support teams, architect teams, and customers to ensure platform stability and availability, also identify opportunities and implement solutions to improve efficiency.


 

Primary Responsibilities:


  • Lead and develop DBA team, provide premium support to customer needs and business directions, ensure database stability and availability
  • Develop and execute technology strategy in support of business needs on data management and production support activities
  • Ensures alignment of technology capability needs to business strategies and priorities
  • Defines and drives data management best practices
  • Analyzes and influences partner teams and customers on decision making support for strategic planning, execution, operational and analytical purposes
  • Promotes and leads the implementation of automation and efficiency enhancement
  • Works with other divisional and enterprise areas on tool selection, best practices, alignment with technologies and approaches
  • Responsible for leading production incident restoration and handling escalations 24x7




 

Requirements

Required Qualifications:


  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of experience within database administration area on SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and/or other database platforms.
  • 2+ years of management experience for leading successful teams --meaningful success in leading DBA team
  • Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional projects

Preferred Qualifications:


  • Experience managing off shore or third party resources  

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)


Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.


UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.