Data Administrator

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

• $122K — $146K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; minimum 4 years experience in RDBMS.
  • 2+ years in healthcare IT systems with knowledge of health data workflows and privacy requirements.
  • Proficiency in Power BI, including customer-facing BI solutions and data modeling.
  • Expertise in administering MSSQL, Oracle, and MySQL databases.
  • 3+ years leading design and operation of ETL tools and job schedulers.
  • 5+ years of advanced scripting skills in T-SQL, PL/SQL, Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
  • 2+ years experience in managing batch processing and cross-platform data integration.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain scalable, automated ETL/ELT pipelines for daily batch processing.
  • Support and optimize database connectivity across MSSQL, Oracle, and MySQL environments.
  • Build monitoring systems and automate error-handling routines for batch jobs.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize SQL queries and batch job schedules for efficiency.
  • Implement data profiling and validation checks to ensure data accuracy.
  • Document data architecture, workflows, and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Develop project tasks and schedules for effective communication among teams.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a secure, cross-platform environment.
  • Engagement with advanced healthcare IT systems and data workflows.
  • Career development through involvement in automation and data integration.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge BI technologies and methodologies.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Data Administrator

Grade: 30

Salary: $122,938-$146,330

Reporting to the NYSPI Director of Shared Services, the Data Administrator - Data Flow Automation (Healthcare IT) will design, build, optimize and manage our automated data integration infrastructure. In this role, you will maintain seamless, automated data pipelines across our organization and eliminate manual data handling by ensuring data moves accurately and securely from various internal and external sources into our data warehouse.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Data Flow Automation: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, automated ETL/ELT pipelines for daily batch processing across enterprise data systems.
  • Multi-Platform Administration: Support, tune, and optimize database connectivity and data movement between MSSQL, Oracle, and MySQL environments.
  • Pipeline Monitoring & Alerts: Build proactive monitoring systems and automated error-handling routines (e.g., email alerts, automated fail-overs) to identify and remediate batch job failures immediately.
  • Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and batch scheduling to minimize processing windows and ensure high availability.
  • Data Reliability & Quality: Implement data profiling and automated validation checks within the pipelines to preserve data lineage and guarantee data accuracy.
  • Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation regarding data architecture, workflow dependencies, orchestration schedules, and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Project planning and communication: Develop operational project tasks and schedules to support communications with business teams, technical teams and other project participants. Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related software development field with at least four years related experience in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) environment.
  • Healthcare IT Experience: At least 2 full-time years professional experience in healthcare IT systems, with a strong understanding of health data workflows, clinical data storage, healthcare data privacy and security requirements and healthcare operations.
  • BI and Visualization: Proficiency with Power BI, including data modeling, connecting to disparate data sources, and optimizing gateway connections for automated refreshes, including at least 12 months experience developing customer-facing BI solutions.
  • Database Expertise: Comprehensive, production-level experience administering and querying MSSQL (SQL Server), Oracle Database, and MySQL without depending on general database administrator accesses.
  • Automation & Orchestration: At least 3 years leading design and operation of enterprise job schedulers, ETL tools, or workflow management platforms (e.g., SQL Server Agent, Cron, Apache Airflow, or similar automation tools).
  • Scripting Skills: At least 5 years experience writing advanced script automation using T-SQL, PL/SQL, Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash to handle data ingestion, structural validation, and file manipulation.
  • Data Integration Patterns: At least 2 years experience managing batch processing mechanics, change data capture (CDC), delta loads, and managing connectivity across disparate database platforms (via linked servers, DB links, or API endpoints).
  • Environment Experience: At least 2 years professional experience operating in secure environments, managing cross-platform credentials, and supporting remote-first or hybrid operational architectures.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Verifiable professional experience building or supporting projects with healthcare interoperability standards, such as FHIR and HL7, and data formats (e.g.,HIPAA compliance frameworks).
  • At least 1-year professional experience writing DAX or Power Query (M) formulas for advanced Power BI transformations.
  • At least 1-year professional experience supporting institutional research, medical analytics, or complex clinical reporting systems.

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at . Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

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