Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UW Medicine IT Services is a shared services organization supporting the infrastructure and applications of UW Medicine. The Principal, Database Administrator will provide advanced database and technology leadership, develop architectural standards and roadmaps, lead complex operational work, and mentor technical staff. The role also supports enterprise projects, vendor management, training, and service management improvements.
Responsibilities
- Provide a high level of expertise in assigned domains
- Strategize, develop, enhance, and govern architectural standards
- Manage technical portfolios, research trends, create 1-3-5-year technology roadmaps, and present recommendations to leadership
- Drive excellence, innovation, and efficiency with the ITS technology group
- Collaborate with multiple teams to standardize documentation and reference architecture
- Work with business owners in roadmap and technology needs
- Optimize the use of technologies and perform cost analysis
- Leverage technical expertise in impactful, enterprise-level projects
- Develop and deliver training across the department in area of expertise
- Lead large scale incident resolution and complex or impactful operational work
- Identify and build service management improvements
- Provide advice, coaching, and mentorship to team memebers on technical expertise
- Serve as the Manager’s delegate as requested to represent the team for vendor management, including strategic vendor meetings, architecture meetings, meetings with technical account managers, project design meetings, large scale incident resolution, and other technical leadership needs
Skills
- * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent combination of education/experience
- * 8+ years of experience with administering systems, including 4+ years of experience administering systems that support critical operations
- * 2+ years of experience developing and leading technical trainings for teams, and mentoring less experienced technical staff members
- * 6+ years of experience providing advanced support for the overall health of enterprise systems and technologies
- * 2+ years of experience primarily responsible for an enterprise technology
- * 1+ years of managing vendor relationships, including negotiating maintenance contracts, reviewing periodic service reviews, and coordinating escalations
- * 1+ years of implementing and improving processes
- * Active member in local technology user groups and/or other professional organizations related to area of expertise
- * Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining detailed documentation, including standard operating procedures, system diagrams, and any other technical documentation
- * 1+ years of managing technical requirements of an enterprise system
- * 6+ years of progressively responsible systems administration, analysis, and programming experience on a broad range of platforms
- * 5+ years of relational database systems administration and programming experience in a distributed networked client/server environment
- * Expert experience in relational database systems (Microsoft SQL Server strongly preferred) and other technologies
- * Expert experience working with teams in the development and support of applications
- * Exemplary communication skills and ability to work with personnel of various levels of technical background
- Microsoft SQL Server strongly preferred
Benefits
- 100% remote opportunity
- 15 days of vacation your first year
- 12 days of sick time
- 1 personal holiday
- 11 paid holidays each year
- 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b)
- Opportunities for professional growth
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