About Transcarent
Transcarent and Accolade have come together to create the One Place for Health and Care, the leading personalized health and care experience that delivers unmatched choice, quality, and outcomes. Transcarent’s AI-powered WayFinding, comprehensive Care Experiences – Cancer Care, Surgery Care, Weight – and Pharmacy Benefits offerings combined with Accolade’s health advocacy, expert medical opinion, and primary care, allows us to meet people wherever they are on their health and care journey. Together, more than 20 million people have access to the combined company’s offerings. Employers, health plans, and leading point solutions rely on us to provide trusted information, increase access, and deliver care
Base salary range is $145,000-$155,000
We are only considering candidates located in the Central or Eastern Time Zones.
We are unable to provide H1B sponsorship at this time.
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As a Senior Postgres/MySQL Database Administrator in Transcarent’s cloud tooling team, you will become subject matter expert for various AWS cloud data storage services administration, build the framework to define the infrastructure as code, contribute to building the internal cloud platform to enable other engineers to create and deploy their applications and services quickly and efficiently.
A day in the Life…
Database Administration: Manage the shared MySQL and Postgres database clusters such as keeping the database engine up to date, monitoring the performance of databases and optimize them where possible. Work with development teams to troubleshoot database issues and provide support and fix.
Design, develop and operate cloud infrastructure: Build, and maintain shared AWS-based infrastructure powering company applications and services running on ECS, EKS, and Lambda platforms.
Automate and enable self-service: Develop infrastructure as code automation platform using TypeScript and Python to automate AWS resource provisioning, enabling other teams to work independently and efficiently with AWS infrastructure.
Mentor and consult: Provide tooling, guidance, and consultation to engineering teams while mentoring junior engineers to meet company standards and grow their technical expertise. Work with teams across America and Europe in different time zones.
Production data support: Be able to provide efficient support for engineer teams which do not have production sensitive data access.
Ensure reliability and support: Develop cloud application resiliency enabling solutions, participate in on-call rotations for AWS infrastructure issues, and serve as a subject matter expert for specific AWS domains.
Embrace collaboration: Actively contribute as part of a globally distributed team using agile principles for self-organization and continuous improvement.
What we are looking for...
8+ years of relevant experience in Software Engineering and Cloud Platform development roles. This includes 4+ years of DBA experience, preferably in cloud environment data storage solution. You should have experience with distributed and cloud-based architecture patterns and best practices. Experience with implementation of internal delivery platforms is a plus. Proven success in delivering new features to production is essential.
Expertise in database (AWS Aurora MySQL and Postgres) administration. Ability to troubleshoot database issues independently and work together with the development teams on remediations and prevention. Proficiency in cloud-based databases maintenance, upgrades, backup strategies, monitoring, and optimization of performance, resiliency and security.
Proficiency in AWS cloud infrastructure with a focus on serverless and containerized solutions and their orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS). Expertise in TypeScript or any static-typing programming languages is required. Experience with Python programming is highly desirable. You should have a solid understanding of Cloudformation/CDK and Terraform Infrastructure as Code frameworks.
Experience with building infrastructure automation and seamlessly integrating these solutions into CI/CD pipelines and the software development lifecycle.
A team player with strong interpersonal skills who thrives in globally distributed environments. You bring empathy and adaptability to collaborative problem-solving. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with keen attention to detail are essential. You are willing to jump on a production incident call and work with developers for a resolution.
Someone with exceptional verbal and written communication skills who can create clear, concise, and well-organized documentation. You should be able to create supporting diagrams to explain complex topics with transparency and clarity.
A self-driven professional with a passion for DevOps methodologies and agile principles. You should thrive on helping engineers solve complex challenges that others deem impossible.
A bachelor’s degree in one of the engineering or science fields such as CS, Math, CE, EE or Physics is preferred.
The salary range for this role is:
$124200-$192500Annual
Total Rewards
Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal equity. Salary is just one component of Transcarent's total package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock options.
Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits, including access to Accolade Advocacy, Accolade Care, and Accolade EMO.
HDHP medical plan with generous employer contributions towards an HSA
401(k) Retirement Plan with matching employer contributions
Open Time Off
Accrued Sick & Safe Time Off
Generous Holiday Schedule + 5 floating holidays
Paid parental leave
Subsidized commuter benefits programs
Virtual access to coaching, self-care activities, and video-based therapy and psychiatry through Headspace
1 Volunteer day per year
Location
You must be authorized to work in the United States. Depending on the position we may have a preference to a specific location, but are generally open to remote work anywhere in the US.
Transcarent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out! Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current health and care with their unique experiences.
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What We Do
Accolade connects the widest array of personal health data and programs to present a single point of entry to the most effective health and benefits resources, using a unique blend of compassionate advisors, clinical experts and intelligent technologies.
Why Work With Us
We are a team that wants to make a difference in the world. This can be felt in the relationships we build with our members, and in the innovations we bring to healthcare. You won’t find egos or office walls here. Just people who believe in honesty, doing the right thing, making an impact, and having fun.
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