Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator Position Summary

The IT Technical Associate (Senior Database Administrator) ensures the availability, performance, reliability, and recoverability of UI Health's high-availability database environments across Production, Test, and QA systems. The role is responsible for implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting enterprise databases, administering Oracle and SQL Server technologies, coordinating database services with IT teams and vendors, and supporting on-call and disaster recovery activities.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

• Monitor database environments for continual availability, high performance, and security.
• Lead in the design, development and implementation of infrastructure for database high availability and disaster recovery.
• Identify process improvements, automate deployment tasks, and promote innovative solutions to common business tasks.
• Develop custom scripts to automate various database management processes.
• Assist in defining and enforcing database standards, best practices, methodologies, processes and procedures.
• Design and develop reports and handle ad-hoc data requests.
• Install, configure, and integrate third party applications and tools as needed.
• Manage problems and problem escalations in accordance with ITIL standards.
• Develop and manage projects and project plans.
• Manages license and hardware life cycle with technology refresh schedule.
• Provide support to critical production systems on Campus.
• Identify, troubleshoot and resolve database issues.
• Troubleshoot database and application errors.
• On-call 24x7 operational support.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

• DBA certifications in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or cloud platforms preferred.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database, advanced SQL (ANSI-standard), T-SQL, stored procedures, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Veeam Backup & Replication for SQL Server, including application-aware backups, transaction log backups, point-in-time restores, and disaster recovery testing.
• Experience with high availability, backup, and recovery (Always On, RAC/Data Guard, PITR, RPO/RTO).
• Working knowledge of data pipelines and ETL processes (SSIS, Azure Data Factory or equivalent), including data ingestion, transformation, scheduling, and performance impact on SQL Server.
• Performance monitoring and tuning using Datadog, SQL Server Query Store, and related tools.
• Experience supporting enterprise and hybrid environments, including Azure and AWS SQL platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of Windows, Linux/UNIX, and networking concepts (IP addressing, VPNs, firewalls).

 Please complete all required sections of the online application, including detailed work history, education, licensure, certification, and language sections. Attach your resume, cover letter, certifications, transcripts, and diplomas. Illinois Residency is required within 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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