Senior Database Administrator (Open Rank)

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•$75,000 - $114,409•Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Colorado Anschutz is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join their Information Strategy and Services (ISS) department. This role is crucial for designing, maintaining, and optimizing the campus data warehouse and analytics platforms. The Senior Database Administrator will act as a technical leader, ensuring the integrity, performance, and security of critical data resources. The position is within a dynamic team dedicated to supporting the Anschutz Campus community with robust technology solutions, valuing innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. The role offers opportunities to work on impactful projects that advance science, education, and healthcare in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Information systems, or a closely related field, or 4 years of professional or high-level technical work experience, or an associate’s degree with two years of relevant work experience.
2 years of MS SQL Server Database Administration experience (for Senior Level).
Strong knowledge of database administration and development, especially Azure SQL Server.
Experience with cloud technologies specifically in an Azure environment, Windows, Linux, and on premises and cloud networking.
Experience with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code as well Version Control solutions like Github.
Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
Self-motivation, curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning.
Familiarity with data warehouse/data lake standards as well as associated business intelligence tools.
Ability to work in Microsoft database environments, both on premises and in the cloud.
Experience writing, troubleshooting, optimizing and debugging PL/SQL code.
Self-motivation with good organizational, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to educate, mentor, communicate and effectively present ideas/plans with business and stakeholders to gain consensus.
Demonstrated ability to deliver outcomes independently and as part of a team.
Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, managing time and prioritizing tasks.
Working knowledge of HIPAA and NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171 security controls.
Experience working in a VMWare clustered environment.
Familiarity Oracle, Windows, Linux/, shell scripting, networking, data transfer and data security in transit and at rest.
Experience configuring and supporting Windows Server and/or Linux environments related to database workloads.
Experience with data compliance and classification.
Demonstrated willingness to learn and utilize new technologies and software.
Experience using documentation tools and source code repositories (Confluence, GitHub, etc.).
Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
Curiosity, self-motivation, and a desire for continuous learning.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years of MS SQL Server Database Administration experience (for Principal Level).
Experience in support of 24x7, five-nines, enterprise production environment.
Experience in public higher education, state or federal government.
Operational Data Store, Data Warehouse, Data Lake and/or Business Intelligence ecosystem experience.
Experience in data visualization tools such as PowerBI and Tablaeu.
Experience in managing an automated database environment via CI/CD Pipelines, API integrations and Terraform Infrastructure as Code.
Experience in Oracle Database Management Systems 19c and above.

Responsibilities

Plan, deploy and manage Azure SQL databases in both operational and analytical environments.
Monitor database health, performance, and security and ensure compliance with organizational standards.
Collaborate with data analysts, data modelers, and engineers to support data lake, business intelligence and analytic needs.
Create and manage database objects (schemas, tables, views, procedures).
Investigate, diagnose and remediate databases by recommending indexes, partitions, and other techniques to optimize data structures and improve query performance.
Participate in database migrations and refresh non-production environments with production data.
Assist in developing automation strategies and techniques for deployment and management.
Develop and maintain documentation for databases and cloud configurations, policies, and procedures.
Contribute to cloud native backup, fail-over, and disaster recovery strategies.
Support production on-call rotation for database administration.