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CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.\nExemption Status:\nExemptHiring Range:\n$101,025.60 - $181,854.40(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).\nPlease note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.\nSchedule Details:\nMonday through FridayScheduled Hours:\n8AM - 4:30PMShift:\n1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:\n40Cost Center:\n99940 - 5980 IS Enterprise Solution ArchitectureThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.\nEveryone Is a Caregiver\nAt UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.\nThe Sr Epic Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management of InterSystems Cache and IRIS databases supporting Epic EHR environments. This role ensures stability across production, non production, disaster recovery, and reporting systems while supporting the organization’s transition toward cloud based Epic architectures. 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Major Responsbilities:\nDatabase Administration & Environment Management\nAdminister, maintain, and optimize InterSystems Cache/IRIS databases supporting Epic environments.\nCreate, configure, and manage ODB environments for production, DR, training, and reporting.\nMonitor and tune performance across production and non-production systems.\nConfigure and manage environment refreshes, cloning, journaling, mirroring, backups, and recovery.\nManage IRIS/Cache internals including globals, locks, security settings, and storage strategies.\nCloud & Infrastructure Support\nSupport Epic cloud migration initiatives, particularly Azure-hosted IRIS environments.\nConfigure IRIS mirror failover routines and update endpoints.\nCollaborate with cloud operations to optimize compute, storage, and availability.\nUpgrades, Patching & Lifecycle Maintenance\nApply Cache/IRIS and Epic upgrades.\nInstall and maintain monitoring tools such as System Pulse and RedAlert.\nMaintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.\nReliability, Monitoring & Incident Response\nMonitor performance metrics, replication health, journal utilization, and alerts.\nTroubleshoot complex Epic and IRIS/Cache issues.\nExecute DR testing and business continuity procedures.\nDevelop automation and scripting to improve reliability.\nII. 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Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.\nAs an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. 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