Oracle DBA II: Data Integrity & Performance Expert

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 57,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee health insurance

Defined benefit pension

Generous time off benefits

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is hiring a Database Administrator II to perform complex Oracle database administration from planning through migration and maintenance. This onsite role in Austin requires working with service providers and internal teams to ensure performance and security of databases.

The position emphasizes upgrades, backups, and production support, with a focus on reliability, data integrity, and cost-effective operations.

Qualifications

• Three years of database administration experience in Oracle database.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technology related field is preferred.
• Experience in cloud migration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Anaylzes, designs, plans, and performs database upgrades and maintenance. Coordinates with service provider and application groups to install new versions, new enhancements, and newly released databases. Monitors database performance and implements efficiency improvements. Coordinates backup monitoring and fixes issues related to backups. Modifies existing databases and database management systems. Analyzes objects and databases. Performs database migration. Analyzes and reports the performance of database operations. (30%)
• Coordinates with application development, customers, and support teams to ensure their needs are met from a database perspective. Participates in the planning, design, administration, operation, monitoring, maintenance, user security, and system parameter settings for databases. Coordinates backup, restore, and recover tasks that apply to production, development, and test databases (30%).
• Evaluates users' requests for new data elements, data systems, data migration, and data integration. Provides input and analysis to other teams regarding database related topics and decisions. Sets-up views, roles, stored procedures, and database links to allow use of databases. Creates tables and provides the data required to fulfill requests. Assists customers and other groups in troubleshooting, testing, and resolving database issues. Evaluates and recommends database software packages for potential acquisitions. May train others.
• Develops standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures designed to ensure the integrity of the database environment. Ensures audit and security standards are adhered to and documented appropriately. Maintains data integrity and security. Creates and maintains data dictionaries. Participates in security and risk evaluations for applications. Maintains practices within established policies, regulations, and guidelines. (15%)
• Other duties as assigned. May include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency's obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location. (5%)

Skills

Oracle DBA

Monitoring performance

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in technology field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is hiring a Database Administrator II to perform complex Oracle database administration from planning through migration and maintenance. This onsite role in Austin requires working with service providers and internal teams to ensure performance and security of databases.

The position emphasizes upgrades, backups, and production support, with a focus on reliability, data integrity, and cost-effective operations.