Senior Database Administrator - On-Call & Cloud Ready

Details This; Campus (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah is seeking a Database Administrator III to maintain, optimize, and secure enterprise database platforms at the Salt Lake City campus. You will monitor performance, implement upgrades, manage access, and coordinate with application teams to ensure high availability and data integrity.

The role emphasizes independent, high-impact work with minimal supervision and requires experience with SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and cloud services.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or higher and related work experience.
• Experience with database administration across enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, security, and disaster recovery practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain availability, performance, security, and reliability of enterprise databases.
• Collaborate with teams to provision databases and support ServiceNow requests.
• Perform backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning; optimize storage and capacity.

Skills

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

OCI

Job description

University of Utah is seeking a Database Administrator III to maintain, optimize, and secure enterprise database platforms at the Salt Lake City campus. You will monitor performance, implement upgrades, manage access, and coordinate with application teams to ensure high availability and data integrity.

The role emphasizes independent, high-impact work with minimal supervision and requires experience with SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and cloud services.