Operational Database Administrator Intermediate - Infrastructure Computing _ Division of Information Systems

ummc; Missouri; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Missouri Health Care (UMMC) seeks an Operational Database Administrator Intermediate within Infrastructure Computing to maintain enterprise database systems, ensure server security, perform backups, and design tests to address data access issues.

The role involves monitoring in the service desk environment, collaborating with senior staff on projects, and resolving performance bottlenecks to ensure reliable data access across enterprise applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and four (4) years of experience in computer science, information systems or database experience.
• Epic DBA certification or industry standard database certification.
• Technical expertise in the maintenance and administration of enterprise database systems.

Responsibilities

• Work within UMMC Service desk ticketing system
• Monitors database environments.
• Provides technical knowledge in the design, implementation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of enterprise database systems.
• Identifies and resolves database problems within application environments.
• service requirements
• Works with ODBA senior staff on projects and database implementations.
• Identifies and resolves performance bottlenecks and related performance issues.

Skills

Database administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Epic DBA certification or industry standard database certification

Job description

Job Requisition ID:

R00050972

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

SER-DIS-Infrastructure-Computing

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Operational Database Administrator Intermediate - Infrastructure Computing _ Division of Information Systems

Job Summary:

Responsible for maintaining the integrity and quality of enterprise database systems. They are responsible for ensuring server security is up to date, performing routine back‑ups, and designing and implementing tests to address issues with accessing data.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree and four (4) years of experience in computer science, information systems or database experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:

Epic DBA certification or industry standard database certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Technical expertise in the maintenance and administration of enterprise database systems.

Responsibilities:

• Work within UMMC Service desk ticketing system
• Monitors database environments.
• Provides technical knowledge in the design, implementation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of enterprise database systems.
• Identifies and resolves database problems within application environments.
• service requirements
• Works with ODBA senior staff on projects and database implementations.
• Identifies and resolves performance bottlenecks and related performance issues.

Physical and Environmental Demands:
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

09/17/2026

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):