Job Description

 

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Skills / Requirements

JOB SUMMARY:  
The Database Engineer is responsible for database creation, configuration, tuning, security, backup procedures and restores if necessary, capacity planning and monitoring. They support a variety of environments (development, test, training and production), and manage changes across environments as specified by change control procedures.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:    

Education/Specialized Training/Licensure: 
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (And) Seven (7) Years Work Experience in related database experience
(Or)
High School Diploma or GED (And) Eleven (11) Years Work Experience in related field

Management Experience : 2 Years supervising other database staff
 

Technical Skills:

Database Administration & Management

  • Installation, configuration, and upgrading of SQL Server instances
  • Database design, modeling, and architecture
  • Performance tuning and query optimization
  • Backup, restore, and disaster recovery planning (Point-in-Time Recovery, Log Shipping, Mirroring, Always On Availability Groups)
  • High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies

Performance Tuning & Optimization

  • Indexing strategies, query execution plans, and partitioning
  • SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)
  • Optimizing stored procedures, triggers, and functions

Security

  • Role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and auditing
  • Vulnerability assessments and patch management

Patching and Upgrading

  • SQL Server instance patching for both VM and AOAG environment
  • OS patching for AOAG for both VM and AOAG environment
  • Database upgrading

Scripting & Automation

  • Writing and optimizing T-SQL queries
  • PowerShell scripting for automation
  • SQL Server Agent Jobs for maintenance and monitoring
  • Maintain SSIS packages

Cloud & Hybrid Environments

  • Experience with Azure SQL Database, AWS RDS for SQL Server
  • Cloud migration strategies (Lift-and-Shift, Re-platforming)
  • Hybrid architectures integrating on-prem and cloud databases

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

  • SQL Server logs, Extended Events, Profiler, and Solarwinds DPA plus.
  • Identifying blocking, deadlocks, long running SQLs, and resource contention issues
  • Implementing monitoring tools like SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SolarWinds. 

Soft Skills:

  • Working with developers on database best practices
  • Coordinating with system admins and network teams for infrastructure needs and troubleshooting
  • Strong communication and documentation skills

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:   
Communication Skills:
Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)
Exceptional Verbal (e.g., Public Speaking)
Writing /Composing (Correspondence/Reports)

Other Skills:
Analytical, Design, PC, Research, Statistical, Word  Proc

Advanced Education:
Advance Training/Specialty:      
Bachelors Degree  Major: Computer Science or related experience

Work Schedule:    Flexible

TYPICAL DUTIES

1. Perform database tuning of SQL/server, Oracle and other relational databases for Harris Health.
2. Responsible for creation, security, backups, version control, and integrity of the databases.
3. Responsible for the daily operation, support and monitoring of all of the relational databases.
4. Develop and maintain processes for the monitoring, backup, restoration, tuning, and general support of the relational databases.
5. Establish a

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