Lead Database Administrator

Lead Database EngineerMcKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.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, you'll 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 You'll 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 experience5+ years serving in a senior, lead, architect, or enterprise technical leadership role supporting production database environments5+ years designing, operating, and optimizing databases in public cloud environments, with Microsoft Azure strongly preferredExpert-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 networkingExperience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code solutions using TerraformExperience implementing database CI/CD pipelines using Liquibase and platforms such as Azure DevOps or GitHub ActionsStrong automation and scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies.Experience supporting Kubernetes-based workloads and containerized application environmentsExperience with SSIS, CDC technologies such as Qlik, and modern data integration or data movement patternsExperience in healthcare or other regulated environments, including HIPAA, HITRUST, or SOC 2 complianceRelevant Azure, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or cloud platform certifications.Exposure to Azure Cosmos DB migration strategiesPractical experience leveraging AI-assisted tools for troubleshooting, analysis, automation, or engineering productivityMcKesson complies with all applicable U.S. immigration laws and regulations. The Company does not provide employer support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment benefit for this role.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.We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.Our Base Pay Range for this position$133,900 - $223,100McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson's (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.McKesson is an Equal Opportunity EmployerMcKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. 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