Senior Database Engineer

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time

• 38 hour working week within a flexible WFH model
• Opportunity to work from our many offices across Chatswood, Charlestown or St Leonards
• Attractive Salary, + 11% Super and Annual Leave loading
• Help drive digital transformation within Australia’s largest public health system.

About us

Working at eHealth NSW is more than a job. Every day, we set out to design, build and innovate world class digital solutions that will transform how healthcare is delivered to patients across NSW. It’s a genuine opportunity to join a team of technology professionals, health partners, industry leaders and academia to develop solutions that help save and improve people’s lives.

Come work with us

We have an exciting opportunity in our Clinical Application Services Team, for a Senior Database Engineer.

The Clinical Application Services Team delivers mission critical systems which clinicians across NSW Health rely on to provide 24 x 7 critical care. Reporting to a Senior Capability Manager for the Epic Systems electronic Medical Record (eMR) system hosting. A key aspect of the role will be to contribute to a team supporting the core technology infrastructure for our Epic Systems eMR, with a focus on the Operational and Reporting Database tier, which is the foundation application for the Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) program. SDPR will provide a secure, holistic, and integrated view of the care a patient receives across the NSW Health system, enabling clinicians to access a patient's medical information in real time from a single source.

Health Manager Level 4, commencing salary from $137,173 – $163,431 per annum plus 11% superannuation and annual leave loading.

For more information, read the full POSITION DESCRIPTION.

What you will do

Your team will support the core technology infrastructure for SDPR by:

• Taking accountability for the design, implementation, and operations of hosting the Epic software solution on the Amazon Web Services Public Cloud platform
• Supporting the SDPR program's capability to deliver subsequent implementation schedules to time, budget, and quality.
• Aligning team practices with eHealth NSW’s Service Delivery Operating Model.

You will:

• Design and manage the SDPR Operational and Reporting databases and middleware to ensure changes and complex queries are addressed with the organisational strategy and customer in mind.
• Possess Linux and Shell scripting skills, collaborate with cloud engineers, implementing best practices for Amazon Web Services to leverage automation toolsets for deployment and ongoing system monitoring.
• Database administrator skills and proficient in RDBMS platforms.
• Design a scalable, secure database architecture aligned with electronic Medical Record’s needs and compliance standards.
• Implement and configure the databases, integrating backup mechanisms and optimising application queries.
• Continuously monitor and tune the databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Work collaboratively with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders including platform and product owners, solution architects, engineers, project team members and SME’s from our partners AWS and Epic.

About you

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals with:

• Extensive experience in the design and management of large and complex databases on public cloud platforms in a shared services environment.
• Extensive experience in the design, planning, and implementation of complex or large-scale software changes, upgrades, and automated procedures to improve operational capability and provide self service capabilities.

If this sounds like you and you’re looking for a rewarding new opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits of working for eHealth NSW

Our people are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and actively seek to recruit people from diverse backgrounds to build a supportive and inclusive workplace. We support our people with great benefits so they can support the patients and staff of NSW Health. These include:

• Flexible work options
• Skills and leadership development training programs
• Allocated day off per month
• Salary Packaging
• Health and wellbeing programs

More information about these benefits can be found on our Benefits Page.

Valuing diversity and inclusion

eHealth NSW is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and LGBTIQ+, for all advertised positions and have strategies in place to support you.

For more information on the strategies in place to support diversity and inclusion, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

How to apply

All applicants must review the role description and apply by completing the following steps:

1. Click ‘APPLY FOR JOB’ at the top of this page.

2. Provide an up-to-date resume with relevant skills, knowledge and experience (up to 5 pages)

3. Provide a brief response in the online questionnaire to the points below.

a. What is one of the most interesting pieces of work you have delivered in designing, building and operating enterprise databases on a public cloud platform? Describe what you delivered and why it was interesting to you.

b. List specific areas or technologies within the context of databases on public cloud platforms that you are eager to learn and build experience in.

If you require assistance or have any questions about the role, please contact Rodney Daly on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au and quote REQ474603.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment/interview process, please contact Hayley Cheng on ************@health.nsw.gov.au.

Applications Close: Sunday 24 March 2024

Additional information

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
• To be eligible for this role, you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia).

All NSW Health workers are required to have received 2 doses of a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status prior to securing this role. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.