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Senior Database Engineer

Join us as a Senior Database Engineer at Dedalus, one of the World’s leading healthcare technology companies, on our Technology Operations team in Ireland to do the best work of your career and make a profound impact in providing better care for a healthier planet.

What you’ll achieve

As a Senior Database Engineer you will apply configuration changes within MySQL databases and providing support by investigating and resolving issues through configuration where possible.

This role is crucial in ensuring the stability, performance, and configurability of our systems.

Working with an extended highly skilled team, you will be making a profound impact throughout the healthcare sector.

You will:

• Database Configuration: Implement and manage configuration changes across MySQL databases, ensuring accuracy, stability, and adherence to operational standards.
• Issue Investigation: Provide Level 2 support, analysing application bugs and issues, working collaboratively with other technical teams to diagnose and resolve problems.
• Configuration-Based Resolutions: Identify and implement solutions using configuration changes wherever feasible, minimizing the need for code-level intervention.
• Documentation: Maintain clear, accurate, and up-to-date documentation on configurations, troubleshooting steps, and resolution paths. Contribute to the creation and maintenance of comprehensive system documentation, including configuration guides, and functional specifications.
• Collaboration: Act as a bridge between Level 1 support, development teams, and infrastructure teams, ensuring smooth issue resolution and knowledge sharing.
• Continuous Improvement: Suggest and contribute to process improvements, automation opportunities, and overall operational efficiency.

Take the next step towards your dream career

At Dedalus Life flows through our software. Every day we do something special by helping caregivers and health professionals deliver better care to their served communities. Take the next step in your career that will make a profound impact. Here’s what you’ll need to succeed:

Essential Requirements

• Experience in a technical operations or similar role.
• Excellent knowledge of MySQL (or other SQL-based databases) — including configuration, performance tuning, and query optimization.
• Proven experience in Level 2 support, with a track record of successfully investigating and resolving incidents.
• Experience working with configuration-driven systems and understanding how config impacts system behaviour.
• Ability to read and interpret logs, perform data analysis, and trace issues across multiple systems.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, including backend services and APIs.
• Experience writing and maintaining system documentation, including configuration guides, and functional specifications.

Desirable Requirements

• Scripting knowledge (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating repetitive tasks.
• Exposure to cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Experience debugging web-based applications.
• Exposure to web-based programming languages (PHP, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience within the Healthcare industry.
• Experience debugging integrated systems.
• Experience with support/ticketing systems (Zendesk, ServiceNow) and issue-tracking tools (Jira).

We are Dedalus, come join us

Dedalus is committed to providing an engaging, rewarding work experience that reflects the passion our employees bring to our mission of helping clinicians and nurses deliver better care to their served communities.

Our company fosters a culture where employees are encouraged to learn and innovate, and to enable and enhance clinical co-operation and processes while making a meaningful difference for millions of people around the world. Each person is the end point and the starting point of the Group’s activities and the ultimate beneficiary. For this reason, we are so proud of doing our very special jobs each day.

Our company is enriched by a diverse population of 7, 600 people in more than 40 countries that work together to innovate and drive better healthcare options for millions of patients around the world. We are the people of Dedalus.

Application closing date: 13th June 2025

Our Diversity & Inclusion Commitment sets out Dedalus’ approach to ensuring respect, inclusion and success for all our colleagues and the wider communities we operate in. It is imperative for us to share our commitment and dedication to ensure an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recognise that we have improvements to make and, on this journey, we must remain authentic and realistic but also ambitious.

Our diversity & inclusion commitment – Dedalus Global

Life Flows Through Our Software