Senior Database Administrator (Epic ODBA)

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U.S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000+ team members and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Database Administrator (Epic ODBA) will play a vital role as a team member managing, optimizing, and securing our large and diverse database environment, ensuring seamless operation and data integrity. You'll manage a large IRIS environment on RHEL, ensuring Epic systems run smoothly, securely, and efficiently. In addition, you'll support MS SQL (including Cogito) and help expand into cloud and open-source platforms such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.

• Perform daily Epic ODBA operations: performance monitoring, tuning, patching, incident response, and security.
• Manage Epic major release cycles - from planning through go-live.
• Use Epic tools like Red Alert, System Pulse, Kuiper, and Instaserver to keep databases healthy.
• Help support our MS SQL environment and Cogito database ecosystem.
• Expand skills into cloud, open-source databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), and Oracle.
• Build proactive monitoring and alerting solutions to prevent downtime.
• Document best practices and mentor IT staff.
• Collaborate across IT, application, and analytics teams to align database performance with organizational goals.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. (Additional years of experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)
• 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator, with expertise as an Epic ODBA and experience in MS SQL
• Hands-on Epic ODBA experience in IRIS on Linux (RHEL preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Epic monitoring and admin tools (Red Alert, System Pulse, Kuiper, Instaserver).
• Experience with MS SQL administration, including Cogito a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud databases, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or Oracle a plus.
• Strong skills in backup/recovery, performance tuning, and database security.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Epic ODBA certification (preferred, or ability to obtain within 12 months).