SYSTEMS PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 73003313
About The Position
The Information Services Program is seeking a qualified technology leader to serve as a Systems Project Administrator supervising the Database Administration team. This position leads database and enterprise data services that support the performance, security, availability, recovery, reporting, analytics, and operational reliability of mission-critical systems used by Department employees, citizens, and business partners. The selected candidate will lead DBA team activities, establish priorities, coordinate workload, mentor staff, and ensure database and data-platform work is completed through controlled, repeatable, well-documented, and audit-able practices. This role combines technical expertise, strategic planning, operational discipline, and people leadership to support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms; strengthen backup, recovery, performance, reliability, security, compliance, data governance, reporting, automation, and sustainable data management processes; and partner with application teams, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity, production control, analysts, data owners, business areas, and management to resolve issues, align services with business needs, and advance modernization initiatives across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will have a strong database or enterprise data platform background, experience leading technical teams, and a commitment to customer service, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and practical innovation. The candidate should be able to translate business and technical needs into clear direction, manage competing priorities, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, document decisions and processes, and lead staff through complex support, project, audit, data quality, reporting, and modernization activities in a secure production environment.
Requirements
- Work experience that demonstrates at least one year of preparation to lead database, enterprise data platform, or related operational technology services.
- Relevant education, training, certification, military service, internship experience, project work, or related work experience may be used to satisfy all or part of the one-year minimum requirement when directly related to leading database, enterprise data platform, or related operational technology services.
- Qualifying background may include leading, supervising, coordinating, or directing technical staff, database staff, systems support staff, application support staff, data services staff, or cross-functional technology work; prioritizing assignments, tracking deliverables, mentoring staff, managing service requests, coordinating incidents, supporting accountability, or reporting technical work status; database administration, enterprise data platform support, SQL/database concepts, reporting, business intelligence, analytics, data extracts, data workflows, application data support, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, cloud databases, hybrid data platforms, database availability, security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, performance, monitoring, controlled change, validation, audit readiness, compliance, reliability improvement, technical coordination, business requirements documentation, technical work planning, support procedures, operational process improvement, data governance, data quality, data ownership, or data stewardship.
Nice To Haves
- Supervising or leading database administration, application support, infrastructure support, data support, analytics/reporting, or enterprise technology teams.
- Establishing priorities, balancing operational and project work, tracking assignments, mentoring staff, reviewing work products, supporting accountability, or reporting status to management.
- SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, cloud database platforms, data warehouses, data lakes, ETL/ELT, data integration, job scheduling, or managed data platform services.
- Database availability, security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, performance, monitoring, controlled change, validation, compliance, audit readiness, or reliability improvement.
- Data governance, data ownership, data stewardship, data quality, data classification, documentation standards, or repeatable data-support services.
- SQL, stored procedures, database objects, query troubleshooting, data extracts, data movement, reporting datasets, automation, scripting, reporting, dashboarding, Power BI, Tableau, SSRS, or comparable analytics tools.
- Documenting standards, support procedures, decisions, technical findings, remediation plans, project artifacts, operational metrics, audit evidence, or executive and status updates.
- Coordinating work across DBAs, developers, business areas, cybersecurity, production control, infrastructure, reporting, data owners, or management stakeholders.
- Database, SQL, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Oracle, data governance, project management, technical leadership, supervision, ITIL, service management, audit/compliance, cybersecurity, or related education, training, or credentials.
Responsibilities
- Lead DBA team activities
- Establish priorities
- Coordinate workload
- Mentor staff
- Ensure database and data-platform work is completed through controlled, repeatable, well-documented, and audit-able practices
- Support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms
- Strengthen backup, recovery, performance, reliability, security, compliance, data governance, reporting, automation, and sustainable data management processes
- Partner with application teams, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity, production control, analysts, data owners, business areas, and management to resolve issues, align services with business needs, and advance modernization initiatives across the enterprise
- Translate business and technical needs into clear direction
- Manage competing priorities
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Document decisions and processes
- Lead staff through complex support, project, audit, data quality, reporting, and modernization activities in a secure production environment
Benefits
- career training
- tuition waivers
- paid vacations
- insurance
- retirement programs
- health insurance
- life insurance
- paid sick and personal leave
- paid parental leave
- 10 paid holidays annually
- vision and dental insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
