Senior Database Administrator

Database Administrators

Perform activities related to the day‑to‑day administration and maintenance of transactional databases, ensuring that the database is available, performing properly, and safe. Perform installations, upgrades and patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration. Confer with appropriate managers regarding problems with and capabilities of databases.

Database Administrators are responsible for the day‑to‑day administration and maintenance of transactional databases, ensuring availability, proper performance, and safety. Key tasks include installations, upgrades and patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration. Collaboration with managers is essential to address issues and plan database capabilities.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on business need and budget.

• Database Administrator, IV – Grade P21 – Expected Pay Range: $64,122 to $147,104
• Database Administrator, V – Grade P22 – Expected Pay Range: $70,535 to $161,814

• Day‑to‑day administration and maintenance of transactional databases.
• Installations, upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration.
• Confer with managers regarding problems with and capabilities of databases.
• Act as subject‑matter expert and advanced independent contributor.
• Conduct highly complex work unsupervised with extensive independent judgment.
• Required:
  
  bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 8 years or master’s (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related experience.

• Day‑to‑day administration and maintenance of transactional databases.
• Installations, upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, and configuration.
• Confer with managers regarding problems with and capabilities of databases.
• Act as subject‑matter expert and advanced independent contributor.
• Conduct highly complex work unsupervised with extensive independent judgment.
• Required:
  
  bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 10 years or master’s (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related experience.

• Lead and provide technical guidance, resolve complex issues, and work on complex projects.
• Learn new technologies and facilitate knowledge sharing with the team.
• Mentor other staff members.
• Work on roadmaps and capacity planning.

• Willing and able to share work and collaborate with other team members.

• Develop and share documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Develop and share architecture diagrams and run‑books.

• Improve efficiency by automating repetitive tasks.
• Share automated scripts or programs with the team.

• Monitor systems and provide health status to team and management.
• Ensure databases are up/healthy and secure by monitoring systems and resolving issues, including performance tuning.
• Gather metrics and present reports or findings to management.
• Proactively monitor data storage capacity and project growth requirements.

• Develop, implement, administer, and maintain policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of databases.
• Implement backup, restore, and database recovery plans.
• Manage DB user access.
• Perform end‑of‑life support prevention upgrades and apply patches to address vulnerabilities.

• Work with customers and application teams to design database objects that meet business requirements and production standards.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Work with customers on the software development life cycle through multiple development, test, production, and other environments.
• Monitor and resolve ticket queues to ensure high quality of customer service and meet SLA timelines.

• Learn and become proficient in all database technologies administered, including cloud platform…