IT Analyst, Senior Technical

The City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities is establishing an eligible list for IT Analyst, Senior Technical which will be used to fill vacancies for one year.

* The current vacancy is an IT Analyst Senior Technical with DBA experience. This position is a key member of the UTS Business Services Support team and will be assigned the responsibilities and duties of a technical analyst and advisor on complex, large-scale database, analytics, and integration projects on behalf of Tacoma Public Utilities.

The technical leadership expectations of this role extends into the database and integration domains, where the position serves as the senior technical resource responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of enterprise Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and PostgreSQL environments. Responsibilities include proactive monitoring, optimization, and ongoing maintenance. The position also troubleshoots complex issues across database, application, ingestion, and infrastructure layers; supports backups, recovery, patching, upgrades, and disaster-recovery planning;

and manages environment lifecycle responsibilities, compliance, and documentation.

The position may also provide occasional support to the data analytics team by offering database-focused guidance for analytics and data-modeling activities, helping ensure application data structures and behaviors are well understood and effectively used during analysis and reporting initiatives.

In addition, the role also supports AMI Operations and ingestion workflows by providing integration troubleshooting and coordinating solutions with developers, analysts, architects, and stakeholders to ensure stable system interfaces and dependable data flows.

It also contributes senior-level guidance to capital and operations & M projects, promotes consistent operational practices, and strengthens overall system resilience by providing dedicated database expertise that supports organization-wide technology objectives.

• Administer, monitor, and optimize Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL environments.
• Perform backup, recovery, patching, upgrade, and disaster-recovery preparation activities.
• Diagnose complex issues across database, application, ingestion, and infrastructure layers.
• Manage database security, compliance, auditing, and environment lifecycle tasks.
• Support ingestion workflows and provide limited integration troubleshooting to maintain data flow reliability.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, architects, and vendors on database and integration solutions.
• Provide senior technical guidance for capital and O&M projects requiring database or ingestion support.
• Maintain documentation for database environments, procedures, and operational standards.
• Promote consistent practices, operational resilience, and effective knowledge sharing across teams.
• Support organization-wide operational reliability through proactive monitoring, collaboration, and continuous technical improvement.
• Maintain awareness of non-relational databases such as MongoDB and graph platforms like Neo4j as beneficial future-focused experience.
• Provide optional DBA perspective for analytics and data-modeling efforts, supporting teams that transform application or platform data for analysis.

Bachelor degree in computer science or related field and five or more years directly related information technology work experience.

Some positions may require a valid Washington State Driver's License at time of appointment with maintenance thereafter.

Pay Details:

Hourly Rate: $47.70 - $74.00

Employee Benefits | City of Tacoma

Tacoma Power is an almost 100% hydroelectric, municipally-owned public power utility, located in Tacoma. We serve approximately 180,000 customers as one of the three operating divisions of Tacoma Public Utilities, alongside Tacoma Water and Tacoma Rail. As one of the most livable, walkable cities in the country, you'll find that Tacoma is a great fit for all interests with places to bike, run, hike, and explore, the perks of a big city, and the charm of a small town.

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