S04733P

Database Administrator Principal

EITS Systems Engineering

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (http://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,600 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 36,000 students including over 27,500 undergraduates and over 8,500 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

External

TRS or ORP

Employee

Benefits Eligible

Full Time

Typical schedules are 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Occasional after-hours as needed.

Commensurate with experience

02/24/2020

Yes

04/01/2020

Athens Area

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

IT Database Support Professional

Exempt

IT

1.00

Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

Assist, tailor, and configure software/database components and tools that directly affect the University of Georgia’s administrative information staff and all users of their processes. Develop, maintain, and implement a centralized database administration function for the University of Georgia’s Administrative Information Systems. Assists in the planning for the installation and upgrading of new and existing system and subsystem applications by establishing future directions of systems growth by participating with associated groups. Be involved in functional support teams and committees that will provide information of the systems and subsystems that reside on the central server.

This position, in support of UGA Application and Database Development, will support the selection, integration, implementation and operation of system applications.

Excellent communication and organizational skills needed.

Sitting for long periods, working with a keyboard, mouse and monitor.

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Assist, tailor, and configure software components and tools that directly affect the University of Georgia’s administrative information staff and all users of their processes.
1. Monitor system and application performance and resource allocations, offer corrective measures.
2. Reports activities, solutions, successes, and problems of both the application and systems group to associate director.
3. Test/customize new software in target systems.
4. Resolves operational and application problems and conflicts for 24/7 availability of application services, when appropriate. The duties and responsibilities of this position require home or off campus internet service as a job requirement and the use of such internet service is for business purposes.
5. Provides leadership and is a project leader over the database and technical areas.
6. Provide technical advise and help for functions/software used by Application and Database Development and UGA staff access those systems.

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Develop, maintain, and implement a centralized database administration function for the University of Georgia’s Application and Database Development Systems.
1. Develop database standards and document processes.
2. Research new technology and compatibility with existing platforms, suggesting enhancements/modifications if needed.
3. Create database objects.
4. Work with business clientele users of Application and Database Development and UGA staff that access those systems.

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Assists in the planning for the installation and upgrading of new and existing system and subsystem applications by establishing future directions of systems growth by participating with associated groups.
1. Research software installation and maintenance information.
2. Develop, coordinate and assist in migration actions and strategies related to applications.
3. Prepare target and driving system for new software installation.
4. Document migration strategies for application areas.

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Be involved in functional support teams and committees that will provide information of the systems and subsystems that reside on the central server.
1. Participates on ADD, EITS, campus-wide, and external IT committees, task forces, and working groups that support or enhance information technology at UGA.
2. Collaborates, partners, and develops relationships with other campus units, committees, individual faculty, staff, and students.

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Project Management
1. Partner with the EITS Project Management team to develop project plans, including work breakdowns, timelines, milestones, resources needed, risks, issues, and campus impact.
2. Supervise and provide guidance to project team members; track progress and bring risks or issues to the attention of leadership for awareness and resolution.
3. Thoroughly document all stages of the project from initiation through completion.

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