Systems Database Administrator II

Educational Employees Credit Union; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% employer 401k contribution

Job summary

Educational Employees Credit Union in Fresno, CA is seeking a Systems Database Administrator II to join our Information Services team. This hands-on role covers configuring, supporting, and maintaining database servers, SAN and VM performance, with an emphasis on security and reliability.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree (preferred) and 4–6 years of related experience, strong SQL skills, and the ability to work independently and with on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 4–6 years of related experience or equivalent
• Solid understanding of technology systems and strong computer skills
• Broad awareness of modern technology (e.g., Virtualization, WANs/LANs, VoIP)
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Ability to respond to issues during non-scheduled hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays

Responsibilities

• Assists with maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the EECU network and computing infrastructure.
• Design, install, configure, maintain, and monitor physical and logical database architecture for health, performance, reliability, and availability.
• Perform database modeling, data flow analysis, data extraction, and access methods, including SQL.
• Manage backups including clustering, mirroring, replication, failover, storage allocation, and related security practices.
• Perform database and server administration tasks including user and group administration, security permissions, and policies.
• Monitor data center and server health; troubleshoot hardware and system issues; assist with building and maintaining new servers and database systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance across the organization’s server and database assets.
• Prepare downtime records and reports; recommend changes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with help desk and other teams to troubleshoot, identify root causes, and provide technical support.
• Conduct routine audits of systems, including backup inventory.
• Ensure security processes comply with regulatory requirements and EECU policies.
• Coordinate with managers, vendors, and internal teams to support technology operations.
• Support new delivery systems and workflows and software upgrades.
• Maintain accurate server rack configurations in Data Centers.
• Document duties, activities, problems solved and issues resolved.

Skills

Database administration

SQL troubleshooting

On-call readiness

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Virtualization

Job description

Description

PAY GRADE: 31E

PAY RANGE: $78,104 - $139,588 annually

DEPARTMENT: Information Services

This position is 100% on-site and not eligible for remote or hybrid work.

Experience the difference with Educational Employees Credit Union, the largest credit union in the Central Valley. Known for its outstanding member service, EECU promotes a positive work environment and supports employee well-being with a competitive benefits package, including a 6% employer contribution to 401k. In 2025, EECU received the Gold Award for Best Credit Union and the Silver Award for Best Place to Work in The Fresno Bee's 2025 Best of Central California People's Choice Awards.

EECU is seeking a Systems Database Administrator II to join our growing organization. The Systems Database Administrator (SysDBA) II represents the journeyman level for this position series. The SysDBA II works with minimal technical supervision on all aspects of EECU server, storage and database systems. This is a "hands-on" position requiring solid technical skills, as well as project good interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting up, configuring, supporting and maintaining servers, database server, SAN and VM performance issues and recommends alternative solutions. Provides technical support as well as external development sources. Must be capable of working independently and collaboratively and rely on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish objectives.

Responsibilities of the position include

• Assists with maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the EECU network and computing infrastructure.
• Design, install, configure, maintain, and monitor physical and logical database architecture, ensuring database health, performance, reliability, and availability.
• Perform database modeling, data flow analysis, data extraction, and access methods, including the use of Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Manage and maintain backup and recovery processes, including backup clustering, mirroring, replication, failover, database storage allocation, and related security practices.
• Perform database and server administration tasks, including user and group administration, security permissions, group policies, print services, event log monitoring, and resource management.
• Monitor data center and server health using established management tools; troubleshoot hardware and system issues and assist with building, testing, and maintaining new servers and database systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance across the organization's server and database server asset inventory.
• Prepare or reviews database and server production, operating, and down time records and reports; recommend changes to programs, routines, and quality control standards to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with the help desk and other teams to assist in troubleshooting, identify root causes, and provide technical support when needed
• Perform routine/scheduled audits of the systems, including all backup inventory
• Ensure security processes, software, hardware and related backup and restoration processes comply with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, and EECU policies.
• Collaborate with credit union managers, supervisors, vendors, and internal teams to coordinate services, resolve issues, and support technology operations.
• Support the maintenance, development, and implementation of new credit union delivery systems and workflows to support organizational needs and objectives.
• Support new credit union product/service implementations and installation of software upgrades.
• Ensure maintenance, development, and implementation of new delivery systems and workflows is designed to meet the business requirements.
• Maintain an accurate server rack configuration on EECU's Data Centers.
• Document specific duties, activities, problems solved and issues resolved.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree preferred and four to six years related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Solid understanding of technology systems and strong computer skills.
• Broad awareness of modern technology (i.e. Virtualization, WANs/LANs, VoIP, etc.).
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Ability to respond to issues during non-scheduled hours of operation, including the need occasionally to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation.

Credit check may be required for those being considered for this position