Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
Job DescriptionRESPEC is looking for an experienced Database Administrator to help support our client by ensuring the performance, security, integrity, and availability of mission-critical databases and the UNIX/AIX infrastructure that powers EHR systems. You will collaborate closely with federal stakeholders, clinical users, and cross-functional engineering teams, operating with a security-first mindset and strong ownership.
What You’ll Do
- Provide Tier II/III database administration support and mentor junior staff.
- Install, configure, test, troubleshoot, and maintain UNIX/AIX infrastructure for EHR and related systems.
- Run day-to-day database operations: backups/recovery, patching, performance tuning, configuration, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization.
- Uphold security and compliance (HIPAA, FISMA, NIST 800-53), safeguarding confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications and data.
- Design relational databases to third normal form (3NF) and support schema optimization.
- Develop, test, and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Produce clear technical documentation, project artifacts, runbooks, and operational reports.
- Support the design, development, testing, and deployment of new/enhanced EHR applications.
- Partner with client stakeholders, clinical users, and RESPEC engineers to maintain secure, efficient operations.
Required:
- Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 8+ years of overall IT experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on relational database administration (performance, recovery, security).
- 3+ years of customer-facing technical support of database platforms at data center scale.
- Experience in federal government or healthcare IT, preferably with EHR systems.
- Eligibility for federal suitability clearance.
- Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Experience with federal EHR platforms (e.g., VA VistA, DoD CHCS).
- Relevant certifications in database administration and/or security.
Key Skills
- Database administration: backup/recovery, patching, performance tuning, capacity/resource planning.
- Data modeling and normalization (3NF).
- UNIX/AIX administration for database-backed applications.
- Security and compliance: HIPAA, FISMA, NIST 800-53.
- Disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
- Documentation: SOPs, runbooks, technical guides, and reporting.
- Strong collaboration and communication with clinical and federal stakeholders.
Work Environment
- Remote-first; occasional travel may be required by the client.
- Operate within a highly regulated environment with strict security standards.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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What We Do
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better.
With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do.
From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore.
Know-How is Everything.
We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done. Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
