Database Administrator

Date:
Jul 30, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

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Functional

Title:

Database Administrator

Job Title:

Database Administrator II

Agency:
Health & Human Services Comm

Department:
Health, Develop, Ind Serv-425

Posting Number: 19563

Closing Date: 09/28/2026

Posting Audience:
Internal and External

Occupational Category:
Computer and Mathematical

Salary Range: $5,098.66 - $6,451.00

Pay Frequency:
Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-23

Shift: Day

Additional Shift: Days (First)

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full Time/Part Time:
Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Exempt

Facility

Location:

Job Location City: AUSTIN

Job Location Address: 701 W 51ST ST

Other Locations:

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This position is open to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents.

This onsite role requires the selected candidate to work from an HHS office in Austin, Texas.

Performs complex (journey-level) Oracle database administration work. Work involves planning, developing, maintaining, monitoring, testing, and issue resolution for databases. Coordinates with service provider and application groups to install new versions, new enhancements, and newly released databases. Monitors applications for space utilization on test, development, and production environments. Monitors database performance and adjust as required to maximize efficiency. Works with service provider and IT Applications team to set up production jobs, schedule jobs, monitor jobs, and performance tune the jobs that run with job schedulers.

Archives, restores, and recovers databases as required. Creates and maintains appropriate documentation.

Evaluates and recommends database software packages for potential acquisition. Evaluates and implements database policies and procedures;
Develops goals and objectives for the use and improvement of an efficient and cost-effective database system. May train others. Works under the general supervision of the IT Application Services Director, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

EJF1:
Analyzes, designs, plans, and performs database upgrades and maintenance. Coordinates with service provider and application groups to install new versions, new enhancements, and newly released databases. Monitors database performance and implements efficiency improvements. Coordinates backup monitoring and fixes issues related to backups. Modifies existing databases and database management systems. Analyzes objects and databases. Performs database migration. Analyzes and reports the performance of database operations.

(30%)

EJF2:
Coordinates with application development, customers, and support teams to ensure their needs are met from a database perspective. Participates in the planning, design, administration, operation, monitoring, maintenance, user security, and system parameter settings for databases. Coordinates backup, restore, and recover tasks that apply to production, development, and test databases (30%).

EJF3:
Evaluates users' requests for new data elements, data systems, data migration, and data integration. Provides input and analysis to other teams regarding database related…