Sybase Database Analyst - Plymouth, MN

UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.UnitedHealth Group IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers, and to benefit UnitedHealth Group employees across the enterprise.  Comprised of the Application Services Group, Enterprise Shared Services Group and the IT Business Services Group, UnitedHealth Group IT has over 7,000 internal and external resources across the globe, and offices in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin.  UnitedHealth Group IT enterprise shared services group is responsible for managing and optimizing enterprise data, voice, and video services for UnitedHealth Group and its companies.  Focused on providing a world-class mix of cost, quality, and service delivery, this area is committed to building a top-tier network team and driving continuous improvement in the standards for performance.  This area is also responsible for supporting IT across the enterprise for development frameworks, standard operating environments, quality improvements, and application operations.      Primary Responsibilities: Support Sybase databases in high availability Unix environments with thorough knowledge of Sun Solaris and/or IBM AIX platforms. Design, implement, and maintain all functions of database systems, including access, methods and time, device allocations, validation checks, organization, security, documentation, and statistical methodology. Consult with users, determine requirements, and recommends database establishment and utilization. Assist in design, test, implementation, maintenance and control of physical and relational databases. May consult with Systems Analysts and designers on procedures related to new or existing databases. Assist in development of systems and procedures affecting database management, design and maintenance. Establish and maintain databases for user testing and production with direction. Evaluate, test, and produce recommendations for the selection, user and deployment of DBMS software, data management tools and utilities, data warehouse and replication tools. Support problem resolution; consult and advise in application design and tuning; plan, organize and execute product benchmarks for threshold and functionality. Provide data administration support of the development and maintenance of production and non-production database environments for distributed applications. Participate in product evaluations, design review session, data requirement meetings and consulting with application development products. Demonstrated experience with backup and recovery of databases. Participating in 24x7 on call rotation. Sybase Replication Server exposure and/or experience. Sybase IQ exposure and/or experience. UNIX Korn shell exposure and/or experience. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related discipline. 2 to 3 years of Sybase database administration experience. 1 to 5 years in diverse technological environments. Experience with file structures, design, retrieval, access methods, etc. Understand the systems development process and have a solid understanding of business processes. Proven analytic skills and strong judgment. Strong analytical and communication skills; work effectively with others. Strong judgment. Ability to work effectively with team/others and share knowledge to ensure team success. Demonstrated diagnostic skills. Excellent communication skills.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace.  Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.