Senior Database Administrator

Join Multnomah County as a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to lead our transition from on-premise servers to a modern cloud architecture. We are seeking a technical lead to ensure our data systems are secure, optimized, and ready for the future. In this role, you will manage our databases, lead our move to the cloud, protect our data, fix and improve, draw the blueprints, help the team, and stay updated.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
• 5 years of experience in IT development and database administration
• Advanced knowledge of or skill in Azure Cloud (Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure Boards, etc)
• Working knowledge of or skill with Snowflake
• Advanced knowledge of or skill with Business Intelligence Data Marts, and Data Warehousing, including design and best practices
• Advanced experience working with developers to build ETLs for loading data for reporting
• Advanced knowledge of or skill with database logging tools (Ex: Idera, RedGate Monitor, Splunk, etc)
• Working knowledge or skill with BI reporting platforms, functionality, and tools (Tableau and Tableau Server, Power BI and Power BI Report Server, SSRS, etc)
• Advanced knowledge in installing, performance tuning, maintaining, securing, and administering an on prem MS SQL Server database and Cloud environments
• Working knowledge in installing, performance tuning, maintaining, securing, and administering a MS Integration Services (SSIS) environment
• Working knowledge of security, authorization, and authentication in Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Entra ID
• Working knowledge of MS SQL Server and Azure cloud backup and recovery design and implementation
• Basic knowledge of networking and firewall concepts
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server administration
• Basic knowledge of SAN/NAS Storage management and concepts
• Basic knowledge of virtualization technology using MS Windows Hyper-V or VMWare
• Basic knowledge of MS Windows Server high availability technologies Application Development, architectures, languages, and/or tools
• Advanced knowledge of RDBMS management tools including MS SQL Server Management Studio
• Working knowledge of or skill in developing on a SQL Server platform using Transact SQL (T-SQL) including stored procedures, query plans, functions, views, indexes, and triggers
• Working knowledge of or skill in database modeling, data conversion, and ETL tools, such as SSIS
• Basic knowledge of Administrative Scripting (C#, WMI, PowerShell, Rs Utility, MSBuild)
• Ability to pass a criminal records check

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Equal Pay Law