Database Engineer

City of New York • New York City, NY

22h • Onsite

About The Position

The IT Department is seeking to hire a Database Engineer/Reporting Specialist to provide strategic and day-to-day database and reporting support for the Agency’s main adjudications systems. We are seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with mid-to-senior level experience to manage, optimize, and support our diverse database environments across development and production systems. This role is centered on advanced performance tuning in Microsoft SQL Server, along with hands-on experience supporting multiple database platforms including Azure SQL Database, MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate will play a key role in ensuring database performance, scalability, and reliability by proactively identifying bottlenecks, optimizing queries, and supporting data-driven application development. This position also involves designing and maintaining ETL workflows using SQL Server Integration Services and developing reports through SQL Server Reporting Services. In addition, the role requires close collaboration with development and QA teams to support data validation, test data preparation, and overall software quality initiatives. Candidates with exposure to QA processes and automation testing tools such as Selenium or Cypress will be highly valued.

Requirements

• Mid-to-senior level experience as a Database Administrator (DBA).
• Hands-on experience supporting multiple database platforms including Azure SQL Database, MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Advanced performance tuning skills in Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience designing and maintaining ETL workflows using SQL Server Integration Services.
• Experience developing reports through SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Ability to collaborate with development and QA teams.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
• OR A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
• OR A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the above.
• College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience.
• A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• All candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
• Must explain in detail how experience qualifies as Project Leader or Major Contributor.
• One year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming (to be eligible for Assignment Level IV).

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to QA processes.
• Experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium or Cypress.

Responsibilities

• Manage, optimize, and support diverse database environments across development and production systems.
• Perform advanced performance tuning in Microsoft SQL Server.
• Support multiple database platforms including Azure SQL Database, MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, optimize queries, and support data-driven application development.
• Design and maintain ETL workflows using SQL Server Integration Services.
• Develop reports through SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to support data validation, test data preparation, and overall software quality initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees