Working Title: Senior Database Administrator
Job Class: Information Technology Specialist 5
Agency: Minnesota IT Services
- Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers
- Date Posted: 04/26/2024
- Closing Date: 05/02/2024
- Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Minnesota IT Services
- Division/Unit: Office of Enterprise Tech / Database Operations
- Work Shift/Work Hours: Day Shift
- Days of Work: Monday – Friday
- Travel Required: No
- Salary Range: $37.45 – $64.04 / hourly; $78,195 – $133,715 / annually
- Job Class Option: Data Systems
- Classified Status: Classified
- Bargaining Unit/Union: 214 – MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
- FLSA Status: Exempt – Administrative
- Telework Eligible: Yes – #LI-Hybrid
- Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes
Make a difference in the lives of Minnesotans.
The work you’ll do is more than just a job. Join the talented, engaged and inclusive workforce dedicated to creating a better Minnesota.
Join the 2,600+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position will be part of the Enterprise Services team, which delivers a full suite of services to state agencies, boards, councils, and commissions, and many central services to local government partners.
Job Summary
This position will serve as a member of the Enterprise Database Services Team, the function of which is to provide database administration services to various state agencies and to internal MNIT applications. The job calls for a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator with significant verifiable technical knowledge, skills, & abilities to support for various database environments, including those implemented on Mainframe, but will also include cloud, and Linux, Unix, Windows (LUW). The position must possess the knowledge & skills necessary to work independently, but also the abilities & mindset to function effectively as part of a highly skilled team.
This position is currently eligible for full-time telework:
- Telework for Minnesota IT Services allows an employee to perform work from a telework location and an employee may be required to be in the office based on business needs and other dependencies in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must clearly demonstrate all of the following qualifications in their resume:
Position requires a minimum of five (5) years of IT related experience in database administration.
Experience must include:
- Db2 DBA on z/OS (mainframe) version 11, 12, or 13
- Ability to deliver effective verbal or written messages that facilitate a mutual understanding on both parties.
- Customer service skills that include active listening, empathy, and problem-solving.
A master’s degree in Information Technology or an IT related field substitutes for three (3) years of experience, OR an IT related bachelor’s degree substitutes for two (2) years, OR an IT related associate’s degree substitutes for one (1) year.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing leadwork.
- Knowledge of the following:
- z/os System Programming experience supporting Database
- DB2 driver, JDBC, distributed tools support
- Physical Database Design – OLTP, OLAP
- Encryption
- ETL (Extract / Transform / Load)
Additional Requirements
It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following:
- SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only)
- Criminal History Check
- Reference Check
- Social Security and Address Verification
- Education Verification
- CJIS Background Check
- Other legally required checks
Minnesota IT Services will not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
