Senior Database Administrator

City of Springfield•Springfield, MO

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About The Position

The City of Springfield is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our Information Systems Department. This role is responsible for designing, installing, monitoring, maintaining, patching, cloning, and performance-tuning production databases, including the City’s Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment, which serves as our HRMS and Financial system. Our EBS environment leverages Oracle databases, WebLogic, and concurrent managers hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This position ensures high levels of data availability, reliability, performance, and security across all related systems. The Senior Database Administrator also develops, implements, and oversees database policies and procedures that safeguard system integrity, ensure availability, and support the operational needs of the organization. Information Systems is a department dedicated to supporting City departments, employees and facilities with technical solutions and expertise. To that end, the team is comprised of our Help Desk Support, Enterprise Software, Geographical Information Systems, Network and Telecommunications teams. Project management, consulting and implementation Software development, deployment and maintenance Internet & Network services Desktop, Laptop Computers, tablets and mobile devices Telephone, fax and print services This position is vital to the City's functionality, ensuring process improvement, relationship, and trust building. The City of Springfield follows the Trust Edge framework in our daily work. Trust Edge Model The City of Springfield’s leadership culture is grounded in processes, relationships, and trust. Leaders across the organization operate within the principles of The Trust Edge Framework®, which emphasizes: Clarity, Compassion, Character, Competency, Commitment, Connection, Contribution, and Consistency These principles guide how we work together, build relationships, and serve our community.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related discipline; AND At least three years of experience in computer databases.
Experience in Relational SQL Databases, database tuning, troubleshooting and strong technical documentation.
Equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Nice To Haves

Linux/Unix server administration experience
Oracle Database Administration certification
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certification
Microsoft MCSA SQL Server certification

Responsibilities

Designing, installing, monitoring, maintaining, patching, cloning, and performance-tuning production databases, including the City’s Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment.
Ensuring high levels of data availability, reliability, performance, and security across all related systems.
Developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies and procedures that safeguard system integrity, ensure availability, and support the operational needs of the organization.