Enterprise Database Specialist - Ellucian Banner Job San Antonio area,Texas USA,IT/Tech

Enterprise Database Specialist - Ellucian Banner

Location: San Antonio, TX

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Job : 15255

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Position Information

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.

UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has also been recognized as a Top Employer in Texas by Forbes Magazine.

Salary Range
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Up to $92,644/Annualized, commensurate with education, experience, and qualifications.

Job Type
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Full Time

Posting Close Date
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Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM CDT on 6/19/2026. At the discretion of the hiring department, this posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.

Required Application Materials

Resume is required.
Cover letter is preferred.
Contact information for three professional references.

Job Details

Job Summary

The Enterprise Database Specialist oversees the development, utilization, and maintenance of the institutional database, including data and system security in accordance with hardware and software requirements, UT San Antonio user and client objectives, and critical databases that impact university-wide deployments. They create, test, administer, and report on database-related procedures and correspondence. The position manages database utilities, monitors relationships between database users and applications, and maintains the university's databases across multiple platforms and computing environments.

They apply their understanding of relational database concepts and query languages to design summary or aggregation tables supporting analyses and collaborate with technology and infrastructure staff to identify data relationships and functional requirements. They analyze and resolve issues related to information flow and content. The role also maintains database support tools, tables, dictionaries, recovery and backup procedures, conducts data modeling studies, develops detailed data models, and keeps data models and entity-relationship diagrams up to date.

Core

Responsibilities

Supports departmental operations in a high-production environment by proactively managing the performance, optimization, integrity, and security of institutional databases and systems (e.g., SIS).

Collaborates with the technical lead to advise management on university database and technology matters supporting faculty, staff, and students. Consults with and advises users of various databases. Assigns personnel to various projects and oversees their activities.

Assists with setting up, monitoring, and maintaining disaster recovery solutions for enterprise production databases.

Manages tests and provides support to multiple enterprise-wide database systems and applications.

Designs, creates, installs, and maintains highly available and secure enterprise database instances, including database architecture, database back‑ups, creation of databases, and database objects such as tables, indexes, views, triggers, and stored procedures to support enterprise‑level applications like the Student Information System.

Provides description of codes database and identifies the database management system or guides others in coding the database description.

Ensures high availability of databases in a Microsoft Cluster, Oracle RAC, or similar environment. Develops and enforces standards and procedures for database maintenance, documentation, and configuration.

Ensures databases are monitored and appropriate measures/actions taken to ensure the integrity of the databases, including security and privacy issues.

Modifies database programs to increase…