Database Administrator

Agency:
Board of Elections
Closing Date/Time:
October 27th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Anticipated Starting Salary: $7,500 - $10,000 per month
Full Range: $7,500 - $11,667 per month
County:
Sangamon

Number of Vacancies : 1
FLSA Status:
Exempt

The SBE is a non-code agency.

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10
  -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13 paid holidays per year
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs
  -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www
2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Work Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday
Work Location: 2329 S. Mac Arthur Blvd, Springfield IL 62704
Agency Contact: dmartinez.gov
Posting Group: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Under the general supervision of the Deputy Chief Information Officer, the Database Administrator plans, administers, secures, monitors, and supports the agency's Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance environments. The position ensures the availability, performance, integrity, security, backup, and recovery of databases supporting election operations and other mission-critical agency systems. The Database Administrator leads database modernization and cloud migration activities and collaborates with infrastructure, cybersecurity, development, application support, and vendor teams.

Administer and maintain SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance environments. Monitor database availability, storage, capacity, SQL Agent jobs, service health, connections, and resource utilization. Troubleshoot database, application, linked-server, replication, and connectivity problems and provide timely support for mission-critical election systems.

Plan and execute the migration of on-premises SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Managed Instance. Inventory databases, logins, permissions, jobs, linked servers, and dependencies; assess compatibility; configure cloud services; perform test and production migrations; validate application connectivity and data integrity;…