Database IT Engineer III; Police

Salary: $ - $ Annually
Location: Mesa, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 16825
Department: (H210)
Police
Opening Date: 01/30/2026
Closing Date: Continuous

The Vacancy is in the Police Department's Information Technology (IT) Division. The Information Technology (IT) Engineer III class provides highly‑skilled technical services in support of installation, configuration, testing, integration, and ongoing support for City applications and infrastructure. This class has a high level of responsibility for supported systems and projects and is responsible for the success of projects and operational systems of any size.

Employees in this class are required to participate in a team on‑call support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The class is an FLSA‑exempt computer professional.

We are seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) to perform all database support and troubleshooting tasks, including production‑related work such as full development life‑cycle support for database applications, monitoring and tuning production performance, creating and defining database files, and making capacity estimates for development and production systems. The DBA will provide design, development, implementation, maintenance, and testing of database application systems; perform program performance troubleshooting and error debugging, including current and future storage allocation requirements;

and support staff in using database software products for business applications, queries, and reporting, including development of stored procedures, views, and functions.

This position is part of the Data Services team, responsible for identifying, gathering, and combining structured and unstructured data from multiple data sources using ETL processes. The team transforms data for ease of use in visualization and dashboarding tools, and participates in the design and maintenance of the Data Warehouse, as well as architecture, standards, process design, and platform administration related to data management activities.

• Work with the technology team on best practices and serve as a database expert on project teams for new implementations and upgrades.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to resolve after‑hours issues with database availability, patching, and storage management.
• Administer Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, and Power BI.
• Perform routine database administration such as running change scripts, granting security, migrating reports, restoring backups, and other server administration tasks.
• Execute database administration functions such as sizing databases, creating users, databases, schemas, roles, views, data dictionaries, indexes, batch processing jobs, procedures, and functions.
• Maintain user and system security for data integrity and coordinate with department staff on requests and changes.
• Monitor database performance, optimize performance to gain efficiencies and maximize return on investment.
• Support staff in the use of database software for business applications, queries, and reporting.
• Assist in the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and testing of database application systems and troubleshoot performance and errors, including storage allocation requirements.

The ideal candidate will have strong professional experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Excel, data modeling, usability design, visualizations, unstructured information analysis, data warehousing, functional requirements analysis, and business analytics, including administration of Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, and Power BI.

• Experience with Power BI, SQL Server Management Studio, data management tools, ETL tools (FME, SSIS), metrics, reports, and dashboards.
• Well‑rounded knowledge of IT concepts regarding networking, server, storage, firewall, application architecture patterns, monitoring, security, DR planning, and user authentication.
• Intermediate to advanced skill level in coding SQL and data warehouse design and implementation.
• Experience with server management tools, Dev Ops, and administrative scripting with Power…