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Join to apply for the Senior Database Administrator role at University of Utah Join to apply for the Senior Database Administrator role at University of Utah Job Summary Develops, implements, administers, and maintains policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company database. Implements data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes. Resolves database performance and capacity issues, and replication and other distributed data issues. Works with application team to design database objects that meets business requirements and production standards. This requires obtaining application knowledge while working with architects, data modelers, and application developers. Ensures the performance of the databases and application code from development to production. Installs and migrates object changes through multiple test environments and production. Works on complex projects. Develops and implements database recovery plans and procedures. Installs, upgrades and tests complex database software. Works in multiple projects simultaneously which spans multiple applications releases. Job Summary Develops, implements, administers, and maintains policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company database. Implements data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes. Resolves database performance and capacity issues, and replication and other distributed data issues. Works with application team to design database objects that meets business requirements and production standards. This requires obtaining application knowledge while working with architects, data modelers, and application developers. Ensures the performance of the databases and application code from development to production. Installs and migrates object changes through multiple test environments and production. Works on complex projects. Develops and implements database recovery plans and procedures. Installs, upgrades and tests complex database software. Works in multiple projects simultaneously which spans multiple applications releases. Responsibilities Technology is constantly evolving, and therefore our responsibilities also change based on evolving technical and business requirements. The following is not meant as a complete or exhaustive list of responsibilities, as we need to remain agile and flexible to changes. Senior Technical Role Lead out and provide technical guidance, resolve complex issues, and work on complex projects Ability to learn new technologies and facilitate knowledge sharing with team Be a mentors to other staff members Work on roadmaps and capacity planning Teamwork Willing and able to share work and collaborate with other team members Documentation Develop & share documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Develop & share architecture diagrams and run-books Automation Improve efficiently by automating repetitive tasks Share automated scripts or programs with team Monitoring Monitor systems and provide health status to team and management Ensure databases are up/healthy and secure by monitoring systems and resolving issues as they arise, including performance tuning, etc. Gather metrics and present reports or findings to management Proactively monitor data storage capacity and project growth requirements Security Develops, implements, administers, and maintains policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of databases. Develop and implement backup, restore, and database recovery plans Manage DB User Access Perform End-of-Life Support prevention upgrades, and apply patches to address vulnerabilities Customer Service Work with customers and application teams to design database objects that meets business requirements and production standards. This requires obtaining application knowledge while working with architects, data modelers, and application developers, etc. Maintain positive relationship with customers and translate business requirements into technical solutions Work with customers on Software Development Life Cycle through multiple development, test, production and other environments Monitor & resolve ticket queues to ensure high quality of customer service and meet SLA timelines. Daily Work Expected to learn and become proficient in all database technologies that we administer, including Cloud platform technologies Implement data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes. Resolves database performance and capacity issues, and replication and other distributed data issues. Ensures the performance of the databases by managing configuration and DB objects to work with application code from development to production. Refresh production databases to Non-Prod environments as requested Works on complex projects both on-premises and on the Cloud Install, upgrade, and test complex database software Works in multiple projects simultaneously which spans multiple applications releases Troubleshoot issues as they arise in a timely manner All other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications Require a bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) and at least 5 years of experience in database administration or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description. Preferences Database Certifications (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL) Cloud Certifications (Comptia, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) Programming and Automation Experience (Shell Scripting, PowerShell, Python, etc.) Technical Academic Degree Experience with PeopleSoft Special Instructions Requisition Number: PRN37783B Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Work Schedule Summary: Business Hours plus on-call rotation Department: 01555 - UIT INFRASTRUCTURE & OPS Location: Campus Pay Rate Range: $100,000 to $126,000 DOE Close Date Open Until Filled: To apply, visit Copyright 2025 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved. 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