Junior Database Administrator

The Opportunity

QuidelOrtho unites the strengths of Quidel Corporation and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics creating a world-leading in vitro diagnostics company with award-winning expertise in immunoassay and molecular testing clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine. We are more than 6000 strong and do business in over 130 countries providing answers with fast accurate and consistent testing where and when they are needed most home to hospital lab to clinic.

Our culture puts our team members first and prioritizes actions that support happiness inspiration and engagement. We strive to build meaningful connections with each other as we believe that employee happiness and business success are linked. Join us in our mission to transform the power of diagnostics into a healthier future for all.

The Role

At QuidelOrtho were advancing the power of diagnostics for a healthier future for all. Join our mission as our next Junior Database Administrator to support our technology team. This role is designed for early-career professionals eager to develop expertise in Oracle SQL and AWS RDS database technologies and related platforms (Windows Linux AWS Azure). The successful candidate will work
closely with and under the guidance of Senior and Lead DBAs learning
best practices and supporting the team in architecting implementing and
maintaining robust scalable and secure database environments for
critical business applications.

This position will be working in a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite (in office every Tuesday) in Rochester NY.

The Responsibilities

• Partner with senior and lead Database Administrator to support daily tasks.
• Assist in designing deploying and managing high-performance Oracle SQL and AWS RDS database solutions.
• Support efforts to ensure optimal database availability reliability and disaster recovery readiness.
• Participate in database upgrades migrations and routine maintenance with guidance.
• Help develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies.
• Contribute to capacity planning performance analysis and tuning activities.
• Learn to administer and optimize cloud-based database platforms (AWS RDS Azure SQL).
• Support the implementation of best practices for scalability high availability and cost-efficiency in cloud environments.
• Assist in monitoring database operations and addressing performance or cost-related issues.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts under supervision.
• Participate in troubleshooting and provide operational support for database incidents.
• Collaborate with application development infrastructure and cloud teams to resolve issues.
• Learn and help enforce database security policies and access controls.
• Support compliance efforts with data protection regulations and industry standards.
• Participate in audits vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

The Individual

Required:

• This position is not currently eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 02 years of experience as a Database Administrator or in a related IT role (internships and academic projects).
• Basic understanding of SQL and Oracle database technologies.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Interest in cloud database platforms (AWS RDS Azure SQL).
• Willingness to learn backup/recovery replication and high availability techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• This position is not currently eligible for visa sponsorship.

Preferred:

• Exposure to database automation tools or scripting languages (e.g. Python PowerShell)
• Interest in DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with other database technologies (MySQL PostgreSQL RedShift Azure SQL)
• Certifications in AWS Azure Oracle are a plus

The Key Working Relationships

Internal Partners:

• Employees at all levels especially the Global Networking Information Security and Cloud Engineering teams.

External Partners:

• Vendors technical support and partner engineering teams.

The Work Environment

No strenuous physical activity though occasional light lifting of files and related materials is required. 30% of time in meetings working with team or talking on the phone 70% of the time at the desk on computer doing analytical work. Minimal travel required. Travel includes airplane automobile travel and overnight hotel.

Physical Demands

No strenuous physical activity though occasional light lifting of files and related materials is required.

Salary Transparency

The salary range for this position takes into account a wide range of factors including education experience knowledge skills geography and abilities of the candidate in addition to internal equity and alignment with market data. At QuidelOrtho it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The salary range for this position is $65000 to $71000 and is bonus eligible. QuidelOrtho offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision life and disability insurance along with a 401(k) plan employee assistance program Employee Stock Purchase Plan paid time off (including sick time) and paid Holidays. All benefits are non-contractual and QuidelOrtho may amend terminate or enhance the benefits provided as it deems appropriate.

Equal Opportunity

QuidelOrtho believes in Equal Opportunity for all and is committed to ensuring all individuals including individuals with disabilities have an opportunity to apply for those positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race religion color national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status disability genetic information or any other protected characteristic. QuidelOrtho is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals so that an individual can perform the duties. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and require special assistance or an accommodation to apply due to a disability please contact us at .