Database Administrators

Database Administrators

• Open Date: 08/07/2026
• Requisition Number: PRN
  45831B
• Job Title:
  
  Database Administrators
• Working Title:
  
  Database Administrator III
• Career Progression Track: P00
• Track Level: P3 - Career
• FLSA Code:
  Computer Employee
• Patient Sensitive Job Code?:
  No
• Standard Hours per Week: 40
• Full Time or Part Time?:
  Full Time
• Shift: Day
• Work Schedule
  
  Summary:
  
  M-F 8:00am to 5:00pm, with weekly On-Call rotations across team members, including after normal business hours covering 24/7/365 schedule.
• VP Area:
  President
• Department: 01555 - UIT INFRASTRUCTURE & OPS
• Location:
  
  Campus
• City:
  Salt Lake City, UT
• Type of Recruitment:
  External Posting
• Pay Rate Range: $110,000 to $117,000
• Close Date: 10/31/2026
• Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time):
• Type:
  Benefited Staff

Perform activities related to the administration, maintenance, and optimization of database environments, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and reliability. Collaborate with team members, customers, and management to assess database capabilities, resolve complex issues, and support business objectives. Recognized as a highly skilled and proficient technical professional, this role is entrusted with critical systems and sensitive data that require sound technical expertise and strong decision-making.

Independently performs complex, high-impact work under minimal supervision, exercising exceptional judgment to evaluate risks, prioritize competing demands, troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions that protect the stability, integrity, and availability of enterprise database systems.

About UIT
:
University Information Technology (UIT), the central IT service provider for the University of Utah, reports to the U's Chief Information Officer and is responsible for many of the U's shared IT services including the wired and wireless network;
Campus Information Services (CIS) portal; UMail, telephone, and online collaboration; digital learning technologies; information security; software licensing; and a host of other IT systems and services.

About the University of Utah
:
Located in Salt Lake City, the U is the flagship institution of the State of Utah's system of higher education, home to arts and museum venues and a member of the BIG-12 Conference
. Skiing and snowboarding opportunities are a short distance from campus, and opportunities to pursue activities from biking to hiking to fishing abound
. Salt Lake City is home to the Utah Symphony and Opera
, Ballet West
, professional sports teams
, and a wide range of other cultural and recreational activities.

The Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, security, and reliability of enterprise database platforms.

This role manages database monitoring, health checks, alert response, performance tuning, storage and capacity planning, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, encryption, user access controls, and audit compliance.

The DBA partners closely with application teams and business stakeholders to provision databases, support Service Now requests, perform data refreshes, troubleshoot issues, and maintain service availability.

Additionally, the position works on platform modernization initiatives through automation, cloud adoption, virtualization, and the implementation of database upgrades, patches, and vulnerability remediation to ensure a secure, efficient, and highly resilient database environment.

Job Code: P33943 Grade: P19

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Database Administrator, III:
Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.

Technical Certifications in following technologies:

• Database Administration: SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at  for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions.

Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at  or  or University Human Resource Management at  if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law.…