Database Administrator 1/2/3 (Health Data Solutions Architect)

Health; Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks (AK, AK, AK); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Health seeks a skilled Database Administrator to design and optimize enterprise health data pipelines and data models. You will architect BI solutions and integrate diverse data sources across statewide programs.

Collaborate with program staff to translate workflows into scalable technical requirements, while advancing cloud-first data governance and security practices to support CDC Data Modernization Initiative priorities.

Qualifications

• Competency-based minimum qualifications for the role across different DBA levels.
• Knowledge of data management principles including modeling, data warehousing, and data governance.
• Understanding of information assurance to protect data and systems.
• Ability to learn and adapt with new technologies and processes.
• Experience with diagnosing technical problems in data environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of enterprise health data pipelines, models, and databases.
• Architect and maintain Power BI semantic models, DAX, dashboards, and automated reports.
• Integrate data from EHRs, vital records, surveillance platforms, and registries.
• Partner with program staff to translate public health workflows into technical requirements.
• Drive modernization of data infrastructure with governance, security, and cloud-first standards.

Skills

Technical problem solving

Data management

Information assurance

Learning

Computers and electronics

Education

Database Administration

Data Systems

Critical Thinking

Job description

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

This position will be filled at either the 1, 2, or 3 level, depending on the applicant's qualifications and job experience.

This position is currently located in Juneau

.

The position may be in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.

What you will be doing:

Lead design, development, and optimization of enterprise health data pipelines, models, and databases that support public health programs and CDC Data Modernization Initiative priorities.

Architect and maintain advanced Power BI semantic models, DAX calculations, dashboards, and automated report delivery systems for statewide decision-makers.

Integrate data from diverse systems—including EHRs, vital records, surveillance platforms, and registries—into cohesive, high-quality structures that improve access, analytics, and interoperability.

Partner with program staff to translate complex public health workflows into technical requirements and deliver scalable, reliable data solutions.

Drive modernization of departmental data infrastructure by implementing best-practice engineering, governance, security, and cloud-first design standards across the enterprise.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The Department of Health's (DOH) mission is to promote the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of Alaskans. Our vision is to have interoperable information systems, tools, and standards that provide timely, reliable, and consistent information. Guided by principles of integrity, reliability, transparency, trust, and consistency, we aim to leverage modern data technologies to ensure our department's health initiatives are informed by accurate and accessible data, thus enhancing the health of Alaskans and their communities.

The benefits of joining our team:

Work with modern data platforms and engineering tools while contributing to statewide CDC Data Modernization Initiative projects that directly improve public health.

Enjoy flexible work scheduling and telework options that support balance and autonomy.

Join a collaborative team that empowers independent decision-making and values technical leadership.

Access continuous learning opportunities, including enterprise subscriptions to Pluralsight, Microsoft training, and national communities of practice.

Make a meaningful impact by helping modernize Alaska’s health data systems and enabling better insights, faster decisions, and stronger outcomes for communities statewide.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is located at

350 Main Street in Juneau

, with optional work sites in Anchorage or Fairbanks. The daily environment is collaborative, technical, and forward-looking, where you’ll provide data solutions across diverse public health programs and help strengthen Alaska’s statewide data infrastructure.

Who we are looking for:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

Applies Technology to Tasks:

Selects and understands procedures, machines, or tools that will produce the desired results; identifies or solves problems in machines, computers, or other technologies as they are related to performing tasks.

Analysis and Assessment:

Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Stakeholder Management:

Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort; including those actively involved, those who exert influence over the process and its results, and those who have a vested interest in the outcome (positive or negative).

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for

Database Administrator 1/2/3

:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Database Administrator 1

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of electric circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Data Management: Knowledge of the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data archiving, data disposal, and data standardization processes.

Information Assurance: Knowledge of methods and procedures to protect information systems and data by ensuring their availability, authentication, confidentiality, and integrity.

Learning: Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development.

Technical Problem Solving: Troubleshoots, diagnoses, analyzes, and identifies system malfunctions to determine the source and cause of the problem.

Database Administrator 2

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Database Administration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for automating, developing, implementing, or administering database systems.

Data Systems: Knowledge of computer hardware and software development and systems as they apply to the conception, specification, analysis, planning, development, installation, test, modification and use of data handling and computing systems in support of aerospace flight and ground systems.

Information Assurance: Knowledge of methods and procedures to protect information systems and data by ensuring their availability, authentication, confidentiality, and integrity.

Technical Problem Solving: Troubleshoots, diagnoses, analyzes, and identifies system malfunctions to determine the source and cause of the problem.

Database Administrator 3

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Database Administration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for automating, developing, implementing, or administering database systems.

Database Management Systems: Knowledge of the uses of database management syste