System Applications Specialist: Database, Security & Upgrades

City-of-Las-Cruces; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Las Cruces is seeking a database/system administrator to install, administer and maintain database-driven applications, ensuring availability, performance and security. The role involves testing, upgrades, capacity planning, and coordinating with staff and vendors to improve efficiency.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or MIS and at least two years of related experience in a Microsoft multi-server network, with preference for strong security and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, MIS, or related field with two years experience administering and supporting database-driven applications in a Microsoft multi-server network.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server environments, MS SQL Server, and security best practices.
• Ability to coordinate testing, upgrades, and apply changes with staff and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Administers and maintains database driven application systems, configuration, security, interface, access and performance support to the user community and/or vendors to ensure high levels of availability, performance, and security.
• Coordinates testing of new or existing applications, upgrades and applies functional changes with applicable staff members to enhance application or process efficiency.
• Recommends, schedules, and performs software and hardware improvements, upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and/or purchases to maintain system integrity and promote increased functionality.
• Maintains applications to support delivery of services using multiple application platforms.
• Advocates for, participates in, and supports capacity planning and development of long-term strategic goals for systems and applications to meet established objectives.
• Monitors and analyzes work orders for timely resolution to determine if patterns exist to indicate issues requiring research, testing and development or changes in the software and/or workflow processes.
• Performs advanced technical work in coordination with applicable staff to solve complex process issues, enhance and maintain application(s) performance and integrity.

Skills

Database administration

MS SQL Server

Windows Server

Security best practices

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or MIS

Tools

ArcGIS SDE

SharePoint

LaserFiche

MS IIS

Job description

City of Las Cruces is seeking a database/system administrator to install, administer and maintain database-driven applications, ensuring availability, performance and security. The role involves testing, upgrades, capacity planning, and coordinating with staff and vendors to improve efficiency.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or MIS and at least two years of related experience in a Microsoft multi-server network, with preference for strong security and data