Cloud Database Engineer

Cardinal Health

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$96,300–$137,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 17, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $162k
This role $117k
$83k most similar roles pay here $216k

This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $128,005–$195,469 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $117k versus about $162k for comparable roles.

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About Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health is a global healthcare services and products company specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, medical products, and supply chain solutions for healthcare providers and pharmacies. Industry: Healthcare Distribution & Services

Cardinal Health currently has 56 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $123,400–$176,300 across 29 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Cloud Database Engineer

The Cloud Database Engineer joins the team to support WaveMark Solutions, a mission-critical healthcare application focused on clinical supply chain and workflow management. In this role, you will manage production and non-production reliability, uptime, performance, security, and automated maintenance for cloud databases. You will build intelligent monitoring, auditing, logging, and alerting systems while designing data masking processes and disaster recovery strategies. The day-to-day work involves collaborating with software development and IT teams to drive observability, resilience, and continuous delivery practices. You will manage Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases within managed cloud environments like AWS RDS or GCP. Required skills include database automation, scripting, CI/CD platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and site reliability engineering principles. The role addresses complex healthcare data challenges while ensuring compliance with standards such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, and HITRUST in a regulated environment.

What you'll do

  • Administer Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases within managed cloud environments.
  • Build and manage monitoring, auditing, logging, and alerting systems to track database health.
  • Analyze and optimize database performance across production and non-production environments.
  • Perform root cause analysis for performance incidents and technical issues.
  • Automate database refresh processes and implement data masking for non-production environments.
  • Design and test backup, restore, replication, and failure strategies to meet recovery objectives.
  • Partner with security teams to enforce data governance, patching, and access controls.
  • Collaborate with developers to modernize deployment automation and data movement architectures.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be located within the United States.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience managing production Oracle databases in a regulated healthcare environment (preferred).
  • Experience with Oracle database administration and cloud platforms like AWS RDS or GCP (preferred).
  • Knowledge of database automation, scripting, deployment processes, and observability frameworks (preferred).
  • Knowledge of site reliability engineering principles, CI/CD platforms, and Infrastructure as Code (preferred).
  • Understanding of healthcare compliance standards such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, or HITRUST (preferred).
  • Familiarity with change data capture technologies and Kubernetes-based environments (preferred).

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