Lead Database Administrator

🕒 September 24

🏈 Ohio, Texas – Remote

🏈 Ohio – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $133.9k - $223.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored H1B visas in the past.

👻 Ghost score 9%

What it means: the chance that no one is really hiring for this job.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

McKesson

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1833

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

McKesson is a diversified healthcare leader specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, medical supplies, and healthcare services. Their solutions facilitate patients' access to life-changing therapies, support efficient operations for pharmacies, health systems, and clinics, and address critical issues such as drug shortages through a resilient supply chain. McKesson provides comprehensive services such as pharmacy management software, consulting, and technology solutions for specialty practices, focusing on improving health outcomes and advancing the pharmaceutical industry. They work closely with biopharma companies to enhance medication access, adherence, and commercialization while supporting oncology and biopharma practices through data-driven insights and real-world evidence.

📋 Description

• 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 • 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 • Drive database performance, observability, and operational excellence through proactive tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement • Serve as the senior technical escalation point for critical production issues, leading incident response, root cause analysis, and preventative remediation • 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 • Present technical recommendations, roadmaps, risks, and architectural decisions to senior leaders and stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically 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 • 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 • Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer support or sponsorship now or in the future

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package • Annual bonus may be offered • Long-term incentive opportunities may be offered • Benefits through McKesson’s Total Rewards program • Equal employment opportunities • Reasonable accommodation for job search or application

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume