Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HealthStream is the leader in healthcare workforce solutions, dedicated to enhancing the quality of healthcare. The Database Administrator will design, develop, and administer SQL Server databases, ensuring data integrity and security while participating in team efforts for operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for adhering to all HealthStream security policies, procedures, and assigned training
- Participate with the DBA team in maintaining appropriate processes and controls for maintaining a highly available environment
- Install and maintain SQL Server in production, development, DR and quality assurance environments
- Tune SQL Server configuration settings, queries, physical and logical database design
- Investigate and resolve data issues as needed
- Prioritize work methodically
- Recognize confidential data issues and maintain confidentiality
- Perform deployments in production environment as needed
- Perform routine database maintenance and software upgrades
- Develop, test and execute disaster recovery plan as needed
- Backup and restore databases on live, development, DR or quality assurance servers as needed
- Identify areas of improvement and provide design models for SQL Server queries, stored procedures and functions
- Review database utilization and provide growth models so no database ever unexpectedly outgrows its allocated space
- Create and modify relational and dimensional data models
- Develop database queries as requested
- Develop SQL Server Integration Services routines for populating data warehouse and processing Analysis Services cubes
- Participate in a team of database administrators in all areas of support, development and tuning and operational excellence
- Must be able to work in a strong team-oriented environment
- Ability to handle high volumes of work without error
- Learn from and backup other database administrators as necessary
- Be on call on a rotating basis and troubleshoot database issues individually or through a team effort
Skills
- Four year degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft SQL Server version 2017 and newer. Additionally, familiarity with MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL databases preferred
- Demonstrated experience with all of the following required: log shipping, replication, performance tuning, Transact-SQL, SSI, MSCS, and Always On
- Experience as a database administrator including on-call duties required
- Experience with tuning query performance, examining execution plans, using Profiler traces and other performance diagnostic tools required
- Familiarity with MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL databases
- Experience with the following preferred: Clustered environment, Reporting Services, SAN storage
- Experience with SQL infrastructure in the datacenter, Microsoft Azure, and AWS is preferred
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
- 401k and Roth
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Medical Bridge Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Identity Protection
- Legal Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Fitness Reimbursement
Company Overview
HealthStream is a HealthTech company that provides training, credentialing, and workforce management software for healthcare organisations.. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.healthstream.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
HealthStream has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 35 in 2025, 28 in 2024, 18 in 2023, 49 in 2022, 22 in 2021, 23 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.