Role Description This IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) position supports a high-visibility, complex state public health modernization initiative. Operating within a cooperative, distributed, startup-minded environment, the DBA provides critical database deployment, operations, and application support. This is a 12-month remote contract opportunity requiring mandatory criminal, credit, state law enforcement, and registry background checks. Key Responsibilities - Database Administration & Performance Tuning - Provide hands-on monitoring, deployment, and operational administration for enterprise-scale IDMS databases in accordance with system best practices. - Enable, configure, and tune IDMS platform features to optimize database performance within z/OS mainframe environments. - Generate, analyze, and interpret performance metrics to recommend and implement optimal courses of action for high-availability systems. - Coordinate with database administration teams to configure, support, and maintain test, staging, and production databases. - Application & Integration Support - Advise application developers and product teams on the design, optimization, and implementation of required database model extensions and structural changes. - Collaborate with development teams on application programming interfaces for both native and SQL IDMS architectures. - Partner with third-party vendors, system providers, professional associations, and external state agencies to manage cross-platform integration points. - Operations, Security, & Support - Support the deployment and configuration of IDMS security, protecting application structures, dictionary objects, and relational database objects. - Establish, document, and maintain operational runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and backup/recovery processes for database management. - Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call technical support schedule to resolve database production incidents. Qualifications - 15 or more years of experience with IDMS database deployment and operations in a z/OS environment on a z-series IBM mainframe computer. - 10 or more years of experience with the IDMS SQL option, including database creation and support under relational models using SQL syntax. - 15 or more years of experience deploying IDMS security, including ADS/O application structures, Integrated Data Dictionary (IDD), and relational database objects. - 15 or more years of experience with IDMS application programming (both native and SQL) utilizing COBOL and ADS/O development languages. - 12 or more years of experience with IBM High Level Assembler on the z/OS operating system. - 10 or more years of experience using IDMS Perfmon for online system monitoring and operational report generation. - Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field (or equivalent professional work experience). Preferred Qualifications - Working knowledge of mainframe RACF security frameworks. - Experience in application change management methodologies. - Professional experience in the healthcare industry, including the management of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). - Direct experience with Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid eligibility systems, or public sector social services systems. - Master's degree in a computer science or business-related field. Core Skills & Attributes - Impeccable integrity with the confidence and courage to make correct decisions on high-visibility projects managing public funds. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical strategies and tasks to project management. - Strong project planning capabilities, with experience in effort estimation and resource allocation for complex technical initiatives. - Outstanding collaboration and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with distributed team members and diverse organizations on a continuous basis. Benefits - Competitive salary - Remote location - Expert Level (15 or more years of experience)

• As the Database Specialist, you will act as the primary technical architect operating environment managing and solving some of the toughest challenges on the project. • The replication environment includes two servers running Oracle Enterprise Edition databases in a multi-master replication setup, as well as multiple End User Devices (EUDs) running Oracle Enterprise Edition configured as materialized view sites. • Responsible for creating and maintaining the database installation, update, and configuration scripts, as well as the Procedure Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) packages and procedures used in configuring and performing replication between the mobile portion of the application running on tablet PCs and the central web application, in accordance with DISA security guidelines. • Uses Computer Associates ERwin Data Modeler software to design the database, to generate SQL scripts containing Data Definition Language (DDL) for the database, and to generate the Data Dictionary documentation. • You will also be responsible for providing deep technical expertise in database design, ETL, reporting and analytics. • Serves as the primary point of contact for all development tasks. Provides thought leadership on business intelligence and data warehouse design concepts and leading practices. • Responsible for technical architecture creation, product selection tasks, overall technical strategy for the project, and design of the system infrastructure. • Translate client user requirements into technical architecture vision and implementation plan. Ability to solve complex technical problems, assimilate information rapidly, and work under time constraints. • Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional and high-level technical design specifications. Reviews and updates and data model as required. • Design, develop, document, and deploy solutions to populate the Data Warehouse from source to target. Participate in Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and other technical meetings to provide status or input as needed. • Lead and support Agile status meetings, analyze Systems Change Requests (SCRs), System Incident Reports (SIRs), and Technical Advances (TAs). • Manages development team in executing PMO prioritized change requests through implementation: including identifying the level of effort, estimated timelines, constraints, etc. Assigns PMO priorities to development team. Conducts code walkthroughs on a periodic basis.

Role Description Allied Universal® is hiring a Senior Database Administrator. The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for the design, administration, security, optimization, availability, and support of enterprise database platforms. Serving as a senior technical resource, this role provides leadership in database architecture, performance tuning, disaster recovery, automation, and data integration initiatives. The position partners closely with application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business teams to ensure database environments are secure, stable, scalable, and aligned with organizational objectives, while also serving as an escalation point for complex production issues and database-related projects. Responsibilities: - Database Administration: - Administer Microsoft SQL Server and related database technologies. - Ensure availability, reliability, performance, and recoverability of production, development, test, and disaster recovery environments through installation, upgrades, migrations, patching, maintenance, backup, recovery, monitoring, capacity planning, and growth forecasting. - Performance Monitoring and Optimization: - Optimize database performance through indexing, query tuning, execution plan analysis, and system configuration improvements. - Identify and resolve application and database performance bottlenecks. - Establish database development, performance, and optimization standards; review application code and database structures. - Database Architecture and Design: - Support database architecture, technology planning, schema design, data modeling, and integration initiatives. - Participate in enterprise projects to ensure scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business requirements. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements. - Security and Compliance: - Implement and maintain security controls, access management, and privileged account governance in accordance with corporate, regulatory, audit, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements. - Support vulnerability remediation, security assessments, and protection of sensitive and regulated data. - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: - Develop, maintain, test, and validate disaster recovery procedures, backup recovery processes, recovery objectives, and business continuity plans. - Automation and Operational Excellence: - Develop automation solutions using T-SQL, PowerShell, SQL Agent, and related technologies to improve efficiency through scripting, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing processes. - Maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and database administration standards. - Application and Development Support: - Support application deployments, production releases, reporting, integration, and analytics solutions. - Partner with development teams on database design, coding best practices, and troubleshooting database-related application issues. - Leadership and Collaboration: - Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor for database technologies. - Participate in project planning, estimation, and technical reviews while effectively communicating with technical and business stakeholders. - Provide after-hours support and participate in on-call rotations as required. Qualifications - Must possess one of the following: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field of study. - Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field of study with a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible database administration experience. - Minimum of three (3) years of experience supporting mission-critical Microsoft SQL Server environments. - Experience supporting high-availability enterprise systems, database performance tuning, backup and recovery strategies, disaster recovery solutions, and on-premises and cloud-hosted database environments. - Experience with SQL Server Agent, SSIS, SSRS, Always On Availability Groups, Replication, Database Mirroring, and backup/recovery methodologies. - Experience with PowerShell scripting, automation, database monitoring, performance analysis, data modeling, database design, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis. - Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration and T-SQL programming skills. - Strong project leadership, oral and written communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic enterprise environment. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, data warehousing, business intelligence, CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and automation frameworks. - Microsoft SQL Server and/or Azure certifications. - Experience in highly regulated industries and supporting SOX, PCI, CMMC, DFARS, HIPAA, or similar compliance frameworks. Benefits - The anticipated salary range is $110,000 – $120,000 annually. - Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, retirement plan and disability insurance. - Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days. - Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly; unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.

• Design, deploy, and administer PostgreSQL databases supporting cloud-native applications and microservices. • Manage Azure Database for PostgreSQL (Flexible Server and Hyperscale/Citus), ensuring high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery. • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize database performance for mission-critical production environments. • Lead database modernization initiatives, including migrations from on-premises and legacy platforms to Azure. • Partner with Platform Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams to enable automated deployments and infrastructure best practices. • Develop and maintain backup, recovery, security, and compliance strategies. • Build automation using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep) and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell. • Establish monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices for PostgreSQL platforms. • Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers on PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and database best practices.