About this role
Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
Summary
We are seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator with a strong track record in PostgreSQL, Oracle, Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration projects. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, high availability, and backup/recovery strategies, as well as hands-on experience converting large-scale, mission-critical Oracle databases to PostgreSQL in both on-prem and cloud environments.
Your role in our mission
- Lead the migration of enterprise Oracle databases to PostgreSQL, including schema conversion, data migration, and application integration.
- Perform detailed assessment of Oracle schemas, PL/SQL code, and database features to plan equivalent PostgreSQL implementations.
- Configure, administer, and maintain PostgreSQL databases for performance, availability, and security.
- Implement high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions for PostgreSQL (e.g., streaming replication, Patroni, pgpool-II).
- Develop and execute performance tuning strategies, including query optimization, indexing, and configuration adjustments.
- Manage database backup and recovery processes, ensuring RTO/RPO objectives are met.
- Collaborate with application teams to rewrite PL/SQL code into PostgreSQL-compatible functions and procedures (PL/pgSQL).
- Monitor database health, capacity, and growth; troubleshoot and resolve incidents promptly.
- Document migration plans, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
- Stay current on PostgreSQL features, tools, and migration best practices.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of experience as a Oracle Database Administrator, including 3+ years in PostgreSQL.
- Proven, hands-on experience in end-to-end Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration for large, complex systems.
- Expertise in migration tools such as Ora2Pg, AWS SCT/DMS, EDB Migration Toolkit, or equivalent.
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL architecture, configuration, administration and SQL and procedural languages (PL/pgSQL, PL/SQL).
- Solid experience with backup/recovery tools (pgBackRest, Barman) and HA solutions.
- Experience with Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
What you should expect in this role
- Fully Remote Opportunity – Work from anywhere in the U.S.
- Minimal Travel Required – Occasional travel opportunities (0-10%).
- Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
- The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 15, 2025.
The pay range for this position is $71,100.00 - $101,600.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.
Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Other facts
About Gainwell Technologies LLC
For 50 years, our nation’s federal Medicaid program has worked to improve the health, safety and well-being of America’s most vulnerable populations: low-income families, women and children, seniors, and those with disabilities. With positive health and cost outcomes that pierce inequities and impact economies, the success of these programs is inextricably tied to the prosperity of communities, individual states and the nation as a whole. We think that demands respect and, more importantly, is deserving of a lifetime commitment from innovators who can help those who operate within and around health and human services evolve — in any market at any stage. At Gainwell Technologies, that’s our sole focus.
Built across more than five decades, Gainwell has intentionally seized opportunities to advance its digitally enabled services to meet agencies, health plans and MCOs where they are on their modernization journeys and propel them into the future of public health. Our commitment to innovation, deep experience and ability to leverage insights from customers across 50 states has allowed us to expand on next-generation, cloud-enabled technologies.
Today, Gainwell offers one of the most comprehensive suites of scalable services and solutions on the market — all proven to deliver cost savings, better patient outcomes and an improved provider experience. Equally important to our expanding technologies and results: We bring ideas that bring policies to life.
What you'll do
- Lead the migration of enterprise Oracle databases to PostgreSQL, including schema conversion, data migration, and application integration. Configure, administer, and maintain PostgreSQL databases for performance, availability, and security.
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