Sr Logical Database Administrator​/Database Developer

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Date:
Oct 17, 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.

Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage .

Functional

Title:

Sr Logical Database Administrator / Database Developer
Job Title: Database Administrator IV
Agency: Health & Human Services Comm
Department: TIERS Elgblty Apps Staff
Posting Number: 17721
Closing Date: 11/17/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Computer and Mathematical
Salary Range: $7,015.16-$9,439.83
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-27
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: Days (First)
Telework:
Travel:
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non‑Exempt: Exempt
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Location:


Job Location City: AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 1609 CENTRE CREEK
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Brief

Job Description:

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.

HHSC Social Services Applications division is seeking a Senior Logical Database Administrator / Database Developer who has a proven track record in developing and maintaining high‑performance enterprise software solutions using Agile methodologies.

HHSC Social Services Applications team is responsible for implementing and managing leading edge applications including Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) and the related Eligibility Supporting Technologies portfolio that is used to process applications and to determine eligibility for over 60 types of food, cash assistance, medical, and community care services to Texans in need. We work with cutting edge technologies on many high‑impact initiatives that serve various HHSC lines of business.

We do this all with an exceptional team of software, database, and dev‑ops engineers, working together to make a difference for our customers.

This is an exciting role, demanding a strong background in Oracle database technologies, and is central to ensuring that the TIERS applications portfolio remains available and in service for HHSC Staff and the citizens of the State of Texas. You will work in a fast paced, customer service‑based environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve database solutions and the databases underlying the TIERS applications portfolio.
• Work closely with the application development teams, business stakeholders and other partners to enhance the TIERS applications portfolio and to implement new solutions.
• Work with a very talented team in building databases and applications using some of the coolest web platform technologies including:
  Java/J2EE, SOAP/REST web services, Spring, JPA, jQuery, AngularJS, IBM Web Sphere, Oracle, PostGreSQL and more.
• Perform advanced logical database administration / database development, performance monitoring & tuning and providing database related support to the application development teams, testing, and defect repair among other responsibilities.
• Utilize Agile development practices to participate in backlog grooming & user story development
• Design, develop, build & test databases and work together…