Senior Database Administrator

Welcome to a medical center where you're the center of attention. Pay range: - Salary $116,355.00 - $174,533.00 Overlake Medical Center & Clinics is seeking a Senior Database Administrator with experience in Healthcare and EPIC system to partner with application, reporting, and analytics teams to support data integration and ETL processes, enforce database security and access controls, and maintain high availability and business continuity across enterprise database environments Position Overview The Senior Database Administrator – Epic Cogito is responsible for the configuration, monitoring, and support of Epic's enterprise reporting systems and data infrastructure. This role ensures optimal performance of reporting databases and analytics solutions, serving as a key technical resource for data availability, system reliability, and continuous improvement across the organization. Full Time - Exempt Remote (Requires Washington State Residency) Core Responsibilities: Cogito Platform Administration – Administer Epic Cogito platforms including Clarity, Caboodle, SlicerDicer, and Radar. Install, configure, and maintain data warehouse databases and reporting environments. ETL & Data Pipeline Management – Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot ETL processes and data pipelines to ensure data accuracy and timeliness. Manage data extraction jobs, resolve ETL failures, and address data quality issues. Database Performance & Capacity Planning – Support capacity planning, performance tuning, and database optimization, including SQL Server indexing strategies and database growth management. Reporting & Analytics Support – Partner with report developers and BI teams to ensure data availability and support the development and maintenance of data models, dashboards, and analytics use cases. System Maintenance & Upgrades – Coordinate system patches, Epic upgrades, environment refreshes, release cycles, and migration activities while ensuring system uptime, proactive monitoring, and effective incident response. Security & Compliance – Implement and maintain security controls, access management, and audit compliance across reporting environments. Documentation & Standards – Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational standards to support consistency and knowledge sharing. On-Call Support – Provide on-call support for critical reporting or data issues as needed. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree. Equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Minimum of five (5) years of experience as DBA required, preferable in a healthcare environment. Epic Cogito Certification – Clarity and/or Caboodle (required) 3+ years of experience supporting Epic reporting environments Strong proficiency in SQL Server and relational databases, including stored procedures, query optimization, and indexing Hands-on experience with ETL tools, workflows, and data integration Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts (EDW, star schema, dimensional modeling) Working knowledge of Epic Cogito tools, including Clarity, Caboodle, SlicerDicer, and Radar Experience with healthcare data models and familiarity with clinical and operational data structures Understanding of healthcare workflows and regulatory requirements Experience with BI/reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects, or similar enterprise analytics platforms Why join Overlake? We're proud to offer benefits that support you in every stage of your career and life. But it's our inspirational culture that has made us one of America's Top 150 places to work in healthcare for several years in a row. Local, visible leaders who care about you. A values-based work environment. Medical insurance premiums as low as $0 per month. Many Overlake services covered at 100%. Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year. Generous retirement plan matching starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years with immediate vesting. Pre-tax and Roth after tax retirement savings plans. An expanded Employee Assistance Program. A caregiver support program to help with everything from childcare to eldercare. Free parking and Orca transit passes. If this sounds like an environment where you'll thrive, we'd love to hear from you. How much will this job pay? Posted pay ranges represent the entire pay scale, from minimum to maximum. For jobs with more than one level, the posted range reflects the minimum of the lowest level and the maximum of the highest level. Some positions also offer additional pay based on shift, certification or level of education. Job offers are determined based on a candidate's years of relevant experience and internal equity. If you have questions about Overlake's pay practices, employee benefits or the pay for a specific position, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io Overlake Medical Center is a 349-bed, nonprofit regional medical center offering a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound region. Led by a volunteer board of trustees, we employ nearly 3,000 people and have some 1,000 active and courtesy providers on our medical staff, including more than 200 providers who are employed by the organization. We were the first Level III Trauma Center on the Eastside and we are known for providing award-winning, compassionate and patient-centered care. Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in medical care is a major reason our patients and their families choose Overlake. It is also the reason why we've received many awards and recognitions both regionally and nationally. Overlake was started by community volunteers, and still depends upon volunteers to support the operations of the hospital. Find out more about volunteer opportunities. To find out how to get to Overlake, view our maps and directions. Overlake has a variety of publications that you can receive in your home for added health and wellness information in addition to our annual report. We also produce a community health needs assessment (CHNA) and Implementation Strategy to help us outline how the hospital will give back to the community in the form of health care and other community health services to address unmet community needs. For questions and comments related to CHNA, please email us. COVID-19 vaccination requirement: After October 18, 2021 all Washington state healthcare employees, contractors and volunteers will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 immunization as a condition of employment. You must provide this proof before your first day of employment with Overlake. Please remember to bring your COVID-19 immunization card to your pre-hire health screening with our Employee Health team.