What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Administrator position at Hearst Health?
Job Description
The Opportunity:
As a Database Administrator, you'll join our Database Operations team to ensure the performance and reliability of mission-critical SQL Server infrastructure supporting healthcare providers nationwide. In this role, you'll architect scalable data solutions, optimize complex database systems, and apply modern cloud-ready practices to our evolving infrastructure. We're seeking a passionate technologist with enterprise-scale database experience, Azure platform exposure, and a track record of delivering robust and secure data platforms.
What You Will Do:
Founded in 1999, Homecare Homebase, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation is a market leader in healthcare software development providing mobile cloud-based solutions for clinical, operational, and financial improvement of home care, hospice and personal care agencies throughout the United States. Our software enables real time solutions for wireless information exchange and communication between office staff, field staff, and physicians.
Our success is fueled by our talented teams that are driven by their passion to make a difference in patient care. Our employees work in a culture that is guided by CARES values: Care, Act, Respect, Excel, and Smile (a positive attitude). If you want to work in a role where your skills have a direct influence on patient care, Homecare Homebase is the next step in your career. We are hiring team members who want to make a difference.
What You Can Expect From Us
At Homecare Homebase, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that Homecare Homebase is a great place to build your career.
Our Team Members Also Enjoy
Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of clinicians and homecare staff, as well as the patients they serve.
Leaders who care. President Luke Rutledge has continued the mission to create a culture that cares – one that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of HCHB feels like being a member of a big family.
Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy clients. That's why Homecare Homebase offers both full and part-time career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.
A company that gives back. Every year, Homecare Homebase proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our mission of empowering exceptional care and helping others in need.
Sound like a good fit? We’d love to hear from you.
HCHB requires all applicants to be US citizens or have a green card allowing them to work in the US without being subject to export control restrictions.
The Opportunity:
As a Database Administrator, you'll join our Database Operations team to ensure the performance and reliability of mission-critical SQL Server infrastructure supporting healthcare providers nationwide. In this role, you'll architect scalable data solutions, optimize complex database systems, and apply modern cloud-ready practices to our evolving infrastructure. We're seeking a passionate technologist with enterprise-scale database experience, Azure platform exposure, and a track record of delivering robust and secure data platforms.
What You Will Do:
- Design and implement automated solutions for database monitoring, maintenance, and performance optimization across a robust SQL Server data platform.
- Build and enhance automation frameworks for backup/restore operations, integrity checks, and replication management at scale
- Develop tools to automate repetitive administration tasks and standardize processes
- Create automated alerting and remediation workflows to proactively address performance issues
- Maintain and improve infrastructure-as-code for environment provisioning and configuration
- Contribute to our automated deployment pipelines and continuous integration processes
- Participate in on-call rotation to triage and resolve critical issues outside of business hours
- Continuously identify opportunities for improvement in the environment.
- 3-5 years of experience managing SQL Server in enterprise environments.
- Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, T-SQL) with a focus on automating common administration tasks and the challenges of a large environment.
- Exposure to the challenges of managing a large, complex environment at scale.
- Solid knowledge of SQL Server administration fundamentals (backup/restore, replication, HA/DR)
- Proven experience with database performance triage and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting platforms for large database environments.
- Understanding of Azure database technology stack.
- Basic understanding of configuration management and infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Experience with enterprise job scheduling platforms (ex. JAMS, Ansible Automation Platform) is highly desirable.
- Prior experience with large transactional environments (3TB ) is highly desirable.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
- Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with database technologies.
Founded in 1999, Homecare Homebase, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation is a market leader in healthcare software development providing mobile cloud-based solutions for clinical, operational, and financial improvement of home care, hospice and personal care agencies throughout the United States. Our software enables real time solutions for wireless information exchange and communication between office staff, field staff, and physicians.
Our success is fueled by our talented teams that are driven by their passion to make a difference in patient care. Our employees work in a culture that is guided by CARES values: Care, Act, Respect, Excel, and Smile (a positive attitude). If you want to work in a role where your skills have a direct influence on patient care, Homecare Homebase is the next step in your career. We are hiring team members who want to make a difference.
What You Can Expect From Us
At Homecare Homebase, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that Homecare Homebase is a great place to build your career.
Our Team Members Also Enjoy
Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of clinicians and homecare staff, as well as the patients they serve.
Leaders who care. President Luke Rutledge has continued the mission to create a culture that cares – one that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of HCHB feels like being a member of a big family.
Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy clients. That's why Homecare Homebase offers both full and part-time career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.
A company that gives back. Every year, Homecare Homebase proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our mission of empowering exceptional care and helping others in need.
Sound like a good fit? We’d love to hear from you.
HCHB requires all applicants to be US citizens or have a green card allowing them to work in the US without being subject to export control restrictions.