Senior Database Administrator III – Data Infra & ETL Remote

Texas Health and Human Services; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework Eligible

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services seeks a Database Administrator III to design, implement, and maintain high‑volume data assets across Snowflake, SQL Server, and Oracle environments. You will lead ETL/ELT processes, optimize queries, ensure data quality, and support reporting and analytics in a governed data landscape.

You will collaborate with the Data Management unit, implement security controls, perform backups and DR tests, and mentor junior staff while driving data infrastructure improvements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science, information systems, data engineering, or related field; experience may substitute.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and optimizes ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion and integration.
• Monitors and tunes database performance; optimizes SQL queries and data models.
• Ensures data quality with validation, cleansing, and governance alignment.
• Maintains security, access controls, backups, and disaster recovery planning.
• Provides BI and analytics support, documentation, and collaboration with data governance teams.

Skills

SQL scripting

ETL/ELT pipelines

Database design

Data governance

Performance tuning

Data security

Cloud databases

Monitoring & troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MS SQL Server

Oracle

Snowflake

Informatica PowerCenter/IICS

SSIS

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services seeks a Database Administrator III to design, implement, and maintain high‑volume data assets across Snowflake, SQL Server, and Oracle environments. You will lead ETL/ELT processes, optimize queries, ensure data quality, and support reporting and analytics in a governed data landscape.

You will collaborate with the Data Management unit, implement security controls, perform backups and DR tests, and mentor junior staff while driving data infrastructure improvements