Lead Database Administrator

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CoverMyMeds is seeking a highly experienced Lead Database Engineer to serve as the technical authority for enterprise PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms across on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments. This role is responsible for driving the strategy architecture reliability automation and lifecycle management of mission-critical database platforms. As a trusted technical leader youll partner closely with application infrastructure platform engineering security and SRE teams to modernize database services establish engineering standards and enable scalable reliable and secure solutions across the enterprise.

What Youll Do:

• Own the design implementation operation and continuous evolution of PostgreSQL SQL Server Azure SQL and Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server environments across cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Lead complex cloud modernization and database migration initiatives including architecture design migration strategy performance validation cutover planning and post-migration stabilization.
• Establish and maintain database standards reference architectures operational runbooks governance practices and platform roadmaps that drive consistency and scalability.
• Design and validate highly available resilient and cost-efficient database solutions including disaster recovery backup recovery replication and failover architectures.
• Advance Infrastructure as Code and Database-as-Code practices through Terraform Liquibase and CI/CD automation to enable secure repeatable deployments.
• Drive database performance observability and operational excellence through proactive tuning capacity planning monitoring automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for critical production issues leading incident response root cause analysis and preventative remediation efforts.
• Partner with security infrastructure and application teams to implement security controls compliance requirements access governance and vulnerability remediation.
• Mentor engineers and DBAs lead technical reviews establish engineering standards and promote knowledge sharing across teams.
• Present technical recommendations roadmaps risks and architectural decisions to senior leaders and stakeholders translating technical concepts into business outcomes.

Basic Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10 years of relevant experience with database administration database engineering or related database platform experience
• 5 years serving in a senior lead architect or enterprise technical leadership role supporting production database environments
• 5 years designing operating and optimizing databases in public cloud environments with Microsoft Azure strongly preferred
• Expert-level PostgreSQL administration experience including high availability replication performance tuning upgrades and operational support.
• Strong expertise administering SQL Server (2014) and Azure SQL in enterprise production environments.
• Demonstrated success supporting mission-critical systems with stringent availability reliability security and recovery requirements.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional database initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and DBAs while influencing technical standards and best practices across teams.

Preferred Skills / Experience:

• Experience with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Monitor Entra ID authentication and private networking
• Experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
• Experience implementing database CI/CD pipelines using Liquibase and platforms such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Strong automation and scripting skills using PowerShell Python Bash or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes-based workloads and containerized application environments
• Experience with SSIS CDC technologies such as Qlik and modern data integration or data movement patterns
• Experience in healthcare or other regulated environments including HIPAA HITRUST or SOC 2 compliance
• Relevant Azure PostgreSQL SQL Server or cloud platform certifications.
• Exposure to Azure Cosmos DB migration strategies
• Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted tools for troubleshooting analysis automation or engineering productivity

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Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a fulltime basis without the need for employer support or sponsorship now or in the future. This includes having the legal right to work in the United States without the need for McKesson support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment authorization (e.g. H1B O1 E3 H1B1 TN F1 OPT F1 STEM OPT F1 CPT etc.) now or in the future.

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

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