DBA II: SQL/Postgres/Oracle Specialist in Columbia

South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce; South Carolina; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) in Columbia seeks a Database Administrator II to manage the agency's database environments, including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, with emphasis on security, performance, and reliability.

The role focuses on installing, configuring, upgrading, and migrating database software, while ensuring data integrity, recovery, and optimal performance across development, test, and production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology systems, database administration, or a related field, and experience in information technology systems or a related area.
• Relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree on a year for year basis.
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL in cloud environments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, upgrade, and migration of database software.
• Backup and recovery of databases.
• Administration and maintenance of database security policies and procedures.
• Capacity planning and monitoring of database systems.
• Management of database change management, including separate test and production environments.
• Deployment of system solutions into production.

Skills

Database management

Security auditing

Performance monitoring

Education

Bachelor's in IT/DB

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) in Columbia seeks a Database Administrator II to manage the agency's database environments, including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, with emphasis on security, performance, and reliability.

The role focuses on installing, configuring, upgrading, and migrating database software, while ensuring data integrity, recovery, and optimal performance across development, test, and production environments.