Senior Database Administrator; Epic ODBA

Overview

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.

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 Postgre

SQL 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 (Postgre
  
  SQL, 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, Postgre
  
  SQL, 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).