If you want to make a difference, Rite Aid is the right place.

While Rite Aid is big, it still feels small — you and your work are never lost in the crowd. You know the leaders, and they recognize your impact. Teams are tightly knit and agile. Small groups, courageous enough to meet our goals in new ways. You can take your work, your team, or your business to the next level without being slowed down by a ton of process or layers of approval. For anyone with intent to grow, you can reinvent yourself in a new role or take on a new challenge while helping us reinvent Rite Aid and innovate our industry.

Wherever you work in the Rite Aid family, your diverse perspectives and fierce commitment enable us to deliver on the promise of ’whole health for life’ for communities around our country.

And that makes the biggest difference of all.

Rite Aid is on the front lines of delivering healthcare services and retail products to more than 1.6 million Americans each day.
Through our RxEvolution strategy, Rite Aid is re-imagining the neighborhood pharmacy as a destination for total health and wellness – the place where traditional medicine and alternative therapies come together in perfect harmony.

We believe in the power of pharmacy to provide trusted and accessible care that helps our customers go beyond healthy and get thriving. An essential part of our RxEvolution includes empowering our pharmacists to engage more with customers – while also updating our product mix to favor better-for-you and free-from options that our customers value.

Rite Aid Corporation is also proud to be one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. With approximately 2,500 stores in 19 states, we have a strong presence on both the East and West Coasts, employing more than 51,000 associates.

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to administer and maintain all databases in a consistent manner so as to provide a stable operating environment and superior levels of database integrity, availability, performance, and recoverability.

Responsibilities

The associate is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned:

 

Resolve production issues to maintain database reliability and accessibility.

15%

Lead in the installation or upgrade of database software by designing test plans or participating in the validation of such plans.

15%

Stay informed of new features, releases, and functionality or relevant database management software, tools, and practices.

10%

Define and maintain the physical database and all of its associated entities including schema management and database security in accordance with internal change management procedures.

5%

Monitor database performance as required to meet service level agreements, if defined, or ensure reasonable optimal performance for user interfaces and batch processing by tuning the database and/or suggesting application improvements.

5%

Enforce standards to be used by all personnel as it relates to database and/or database programming including regulatory requirements and change control. Consult with Application Development and other DSS staff in the use of these standards. Provide technical assistance, recommendations and support to Application Development and I.S Operations for all database management aspects multiple database platforms.

5%

Provide backup, ensure recoverability for databases and ensure the utmost data integrity by applying maintenance standards including the use of utility software.

5%

Communicate with all levels of technical and non-technical personnel/management including the reporting of issues and progress to the Data Services Manager on a timely basis.

5%

Lead small to medium sized projects independently

5%

Participate in design reviews with the Application Development areas to ensure that database development standards, design standards and overall database technologies are being applied effectively and in accordance with policy and/or best practices

5%

Design and author scripts or programs using to deliver automation, process improvement or shared tools.

5%

Participate, with the ability lead, in disaster recover exercises as required.  Possess a thorough understanding of disaster recovery principles, tools and facilities.  Provide guidance on ways to improve, streamline and/or automate when possible.

5%

Develop, implement, communicate and enforce standards to be used by all personnel as it relates to database and/or database programming standards, design, feature exploitation and change control.  Provide technical assistance, guidance and support to Application Development, Operations and other DSS staff as it relates to these standards.

5%

Participate in the installation or upgrade of database software by designing test plans or participating in the validation of such plans.  Coordinate with all levels necessary to execute the test plan.

5%

Participate in or support any regulatory inquiries including but not limited to annual Sarbanes Oxley reporting.

5%

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)  Computer Science or Information Services required.

 

• 5 years of experience in with database design and development; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Refer to the Other Skills, Abilities, and/or Training section for required technical skills according to the assigned database environment. required.

 

•      Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Pertinent competencies, knowledge, abilities, and/or training

• ORACLE, DB2 Z/OS, DB2 LUW, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix

Fair Chance Act

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we identify a conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right’s Department Fair Chance Act webpage.

For more detailed information around city/state required notices, click here to access a list of disclosures.

Los Angeles County Applicants : 

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Change Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Link - https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FCO-FAQ-Final-Updated-with-Recommendations.pdf

New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits unlawful employment discrimination based on an individual's race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy), familial status, marital/civil union status, religion, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, and mental or physical disability (including perceived disability, and AIDS and HIV status). 

Indiana Applicants:

It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.

Maryland Applicants: 

Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.

Massachusetts Applicants:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

EEO Statement

Rite Aid is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment where individual differences are appreciated and respected. It is our policy, through responsible management, to recruit, hire, train, and promote associates regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other basis protected by state or federal law. The objective of this policy is to ensure conformity with the principles of equal opportunity employment when making employment decisions and administering compensation, benefits, transfer, and social and recreational programs. Rite Aid prohibits unlawful retaliation against any person who reports harassment or discrimination.