Remote Senior Database Architect

Summary

VetsEZ is seeking a Senior Database Architect to support the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Application Suite (TAS) program and Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) code. The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent degree
• 5+ years of demonstrated technical, IT, or Operations experience within a large-scale technology services environment in the following areas: Software development, database design, and infrastructure support
• Strong proficiency in database administration, architecture, and performance tuning
• Experience with Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) code in support of releases within the VA’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)
• Experience with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Application Suite (TAS) programs
• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including infrastructure design, deployment, and management
• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages for infrastructure and database management (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Python)
• Experience developing strategies for data migration, backup, and disaster recovery in cloud environments
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams and departments

Responsibilities

• Design and architect database solutions to meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to define requirements, database schemas, indexes, and query optimizations for optimal application performance
• Lead the implementation and management of database deployments on AWS and Azure, including provisioning, configuration, and optimization
• Define and implement cloud-native database architectures leveraging AWS and Azure services such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Cosmos DB and others
• Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, and resource utilization analysis to optimize database performance
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address database performance issues
• Define and implement database security policies, procedures, and controls to protect sensitive data and conduct regular security assessments/audits to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities
• Develop automation scripts and templates for database provisioning, configuration, and deployment using infrastructure as code (IaC) principles
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for database architectures, configurations, and operational procedures

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other health-related organizations desired

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k with Employer Match
• Corporate Laptop
• PTO + Federal Holidays
• Training opportunities
• Remote work options