Senior Database Admin

Location & Schedule

Position based in Austin, TX. Candidates must be local to Austin. Work schedule is onsite Wednesday‑Friday (3 days onsite, 2 days remote).

Responsibilities

• Enter codes to create production databases and select utility program codes to monitor database performance, including record distribution and available memory.
• Direct programmers and analysts in making changes to database management systems; review and correct programs.
• Respond to user questions and provide technical assistance.
• Collaborate with coworkers to determine the impact of database changes on other systems and estimate staffing costs.
• Modify database programs to improve processing performance through performance tuning.
• Specialize in one or more database management systems and assist with planning, development, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated database systems.
• Ensure conceptual and design phases of new applications align with structural parameters of the database environment.
• Evaluate user requests for new data elements and systems and incorporate them into the existing shared data environment.
• Coordinate data usage to maintain data integrity and minimize redundancy; load and reorganize databases as needed.
• Perform data modeling and prototyping, including logical and physical data modeling, and design relational database models.
• Execute database security and recovery procedures; determine and implement database search strategies and storage requirements.
• Maintain the data dictionary, ensure consistent definitions, and establish data dictionary standards.
• Monitor database performance and recommend efficiency improvements.
• Create test database environments for application teams, including required libraries and procedures.
• Execute procedures to save, retrieve, and recover databases following hardware or software failures.
• Assist with establishing, implementing, and enhancing database security standards and monitor disaster recovery procedures.
• Support database software installation, analysis, design, and implementation; conduct benchmarking and threshold testing.
• Help establish and manage necessary database security controls and assist in selecting database management software.
• Apply experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of computer programming and systems design principles, practices, and techniques.
• Understanding of computer operations, systems, and procedures.
• Familiarity with project control and cost‑estimation techniques.
• Proficiency in computer programming languages.
• Experience with data‑processing flowcharting techniques.
• Strong grasp of database structures and theories.
• Current knowledge of database technologies.
• Working knowledge of Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) accessibility standards and assistive technologies.
• Ability to ensure database administration interfaces and tools comply with accessibility standards.
• Capability to support users in obtaining data and information when EIR accessibility issues arise.