LeanTaaS
Healthcare
PlatformDatabaseAdministrator(DBA)forAurora/MySQL
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“Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora/MySQL at LeanTaaS. Skills: Database Administration, AWS Aurora, MySQL/InnoDB, Performance Tuning. Triage slow database queries. Design composite indexes”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Performance tuning; Query optimization
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, Equivalent years of enterprise experience, Extensive experience administering AWS relational database environments, Specific knowledge of AWS Aurora architectures, Proactive automation mindset, Experience scripting solutions for schema drift detection, Experience scripting solutions for slow-query automated alerts, Experience scripting solutions for automated indexing recommendations, Deep professional mastery of MySQL/InnoDB core behaviors, Demonstrated expertise in system-level database performance profiling, Demonstrated expertise in query rewrites, Demonstrated expertise in engineering advanced indexing strategies, Excellent communication skills, Excellent collaboration skills, Track record of translating complex database concepts for software engineering teams, Prioritizing work based on cross-product impact
Nice to Have
Experience managing non-MySQL environments, Experience optimizing non-MySQL environments, Experience designing schemas in non-MySQL, Experience optimizing query performance in non-MySQL, Experience implementing advanced indexing in non-MySQL, Experience implementing partition strategies in non-MySQL, Interest in leveraging GenAI/LLM-assisted analysis, Familiarity with Datadog for real-time anomaly detection, Familiarity with Datadog for dashboard creation, Prior exposure to healthcare data standards, Prior exposure to healthcare integration pipelines
What You'll Do.
Triage slow database queries
Design composite indexes
Rewrite inefficient subqueries
Eliminate full-table-scan patterns
Sustain system performance
Sustain system reliability
Manage schema migrations
Track client-specific data growth
Supervise AWS Aurora environments
Orchestrate cluster endpoint routing
Manage failover behaviors
Execute parameter tuning
Troubleshoot data warehouse lags
Troubleshoot read replica lags
Manage InnoDB lock behaviors
Resolve complex lock contentions
Adjust buffer pool parameters
Diagnose database pipelines
Optimize database pipelines
Deploy temporary table strategies
Configure batch writes
Implement partition pruning
Ingest performance profiles
Develop automated alerts
Develop telemetry rules
Develop intervention workflows
Analyze instance utilization models
Teach software engineers query design
Guide software engineers query design
Provide architectural validation
Perform reviews for staging tables
Perform reviews for computed views
Evaluate GenAI tooling
Accelerate query profiling
Simplify fleet manageability
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional partnership; Software engineers
Communication Scope
Translate complex concepts
Full Job Description
## Description We are a growth stage company that creates software solutions combining lean principles, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and machine learning to transform hospital and infusion center operations. More than 190 health systems and over 1,200 hospitals and centers across 49 states rely on our award-winning products and expert change management services to increase patient access, decrease wait times, and reduce healthcare delivery costs. We have raised more than $300 million from top-tier investors such as Bain Capital, Insight Partners, and Goldman Sachs. We have been named among the top 100 AI companies in the world. Please note that while this role is listed as available for remote, we are currently employing in the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV. If your state is not listed, we may not be able to proceed with your application. We have offices in Santa Clara, CA and Charlotte, NC for employees who prefer to work regularly or occasionally from an office. ## ROLE OVERVIEW As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, you will serve as the architectural and operational anchor for our high-scale database environments. In this role, you will bridge the gap between technical data layers and production feature engineering, taking full ownership of database performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across our core software suites. This is a highly technical, hands-on infrastructure role focused on scaling multi-tenant database systems that process hundreds of millions of operational healthcare records daily. Core Stack Amazon Web Services (AWS) Aurora, MySQL/InnoDB internals, Datadog Observability Platform Scale Multi-tenant infrastructure managing over 400 active database schemas with high availability Collaboration Cross-functional partnership across 4 core business products: Operating Room
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