[Remote] Sr Data Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is committed to building a world of health around every individual, and they are seeking a Sr Data Platform Engineer to manage and optimize their database systems. This role involves administering databases, resolving performance issues, and ensuring compliance with service level agreements while supporting production readiness and disaster recovery efforts.ResponsibilitiesAdministering, testing, and implementing databasesApplying knowledge of database management systemsIdentify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalabilityApply intricate knowledge of database internals with responsibility for database configuration, tuning, maintenance, patching, and problem diagnosis and resolutionResponsible for all aspects of the physical database including schemas, DDL, users, and security in development, UAT and production environmentsIdentify and resolve problems occurring in all database environments including performance related issues (e.g., database and SQL tuning)Modify existing databases and database management systems by writing and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptionsPlan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure by routinely testing programs or databases, correcting errors, and making necessary modificationsSupport database administration utilities, reorganizations, and index buildsContribute to performance and Disaster Recovery testingProvide proactive support for production and non-production databases, ensuring full compliance of the Service Level Agreements (SLAs)Conduct full monitoring of all production databases ensuring that there are no outages for any application, including validation that all performance support jobs and backup jobs have run to good completion, at the appointed time, and the databases are available 24x7Responsible for creating all application database objects, creation and scheduling of all needed database administration batch jobs, monitoring, backup and production readinessResponsible for creation and documentation of new environments, standards, and proceduresSkillsBachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Engineering, Data Science, Engineering, or a related fieldFive (5) years of experience in the job offered or related occupationFour (4) years of experience in installing and configuring Oracle database and infrastructure as per user requirementFour (4) years of experience in upgrading Oracle database to higher versions of Oracle databaseFour (4) years of experience in installing/maintaining Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) or Oracle database using Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and SCAN listenerFour (4) years of experience in Oracle ASM management, adding dropping ASM disk, manage space utilization on ASM levelFour (4) years of experience in migrating Oracle database from default file system to ASM or various Unix operating system such as IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, and Red Hat LinuxFour (4) years of experience in collaborating with peers/teams for potential roadblocks/showstoppers to the current critical Oracle build projects in meetingsFour (4) years of experience in troubleshooting and remediating Oracle database-related issues like undo space, tablespace, archive destination, locking, or blockingFour (4) years of experience in collaborating with customers for Business Critical and Oracle database crisis calls, impact and workarounds, and long-term fix for each issueFour (4) years of experience in installing and configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) on Oracle database hosts to monitor critical events and set up alertsBenefitsEligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed aboveAn award target in the company’s equity award programA full range of medical, dental, and vision benefitsEligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings planAn Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employeesA fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employeesShort-term and long term disability benefitsNumerous well-being programsEducation assistanceFree development coursesA CVS store discountDiscount programs with participating partnersPaid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation payPaid holidays throughout the calendar yearNumber of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policiesMedical, dental, and vision coveragePaid time offRetirement savings optionsWellness programsOther resources, based on eligibilityCompany OverviewCVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members. It was founded in 1963, and is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.cvshealth.com/.