Database Engineer, Senior

Job Title: Database Engineer, Senior

Location: USO-Information Tech Services

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 292383

The University System of Georgia (USG) is comprised of 26 higher education institutions as well as the University System Office (USO). Within the USO, our administrative operations are primarily housed in the Trinity Washington Building located in downtown Atlanta. Our Information Technology Services (ITS) division is located in Athens. The University System of Georgia Shared Services Center (SSC) is located in Sandersville.

The Georgia Public Library System is located in Atlanta. The Georgia Archives is located in Morrow. The State of Georgia Records Center is located in Austell.

This role is based at the Information Technology Services (ITS) office in Athens, Georgia, located at 2500 Daniells Bridge Road. Onsite attendance is required five days a week, and remote work is not offered for this position

This position is for permanent, full-time employment. Candidates must reside in the state of Georgia or be willing to relocate to Georgia as a condition of employment.
Please note that we do not provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers for this position at any point in time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the design, administration, and optimization of database environments supporting the University System of Georgia's enterprise applications, including People Soft HCM, Financials, and Augusta Financials. This position ensures secure, high-performing, and reliable operation of application, web, and database servers, and supports integrations with third-party and cloud-based systems.

The Senior DBA will play a key technical role in the Unified ERP Project, assisting in data conversion and integrations as USG transitions from People Soft to Workday. The role combines traditional database administration expertise with strong understanding of data movement, security, and integration architecture across hybrid (on-premise and cloud) systems.

• Administer Oracle databases supporting People Soft HCM, Financials, and Augusta Financials applications.
• Apply People Soft releases, upgrades, patches, and tools updates across development, test, QA, and production environments.
• Perform performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting of long-running jobs and database-related issues.
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure system resiliency and business continuity.
• Conduct server refreshes, manage file transfer requests, and clear application and web server caches as required.
• Oversee database password updates and security access reviews.

• Administer and upgrade the Phire change management application.
• Coordinate workflow, approvals, and deployment processes for application changes across environments.
• Maintain adherence to USG change management and data governance policies.

• Support the Unified ERP Project by assisting with data conversion and migration from People Soft to Workday.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and business analysts to support integration design and secure data movement between Workday, legacy systems, and third-party vendors.
• Participate in developing and maintaining data validation and reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy and completeness during transition.
• Apply principles of integration architecture, API usage, and middleware tools to facilitate scalable, secure data exchange.

• Implement and monitor database and application security best practices to protect institutional data.
• Ensure compliance with higher education data privacy regulations and USG security standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure database configurations, integrations, and data exchanges adhere to established security and governance frameworks.
• Perform system performance tuning and optimization across databases and integration points.