Database Administrator, Lead
- Employer
- Georgia State University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Database Administrator, Lead
Georgia State University
Instructional Innovation and Technology
Database Administration
What Makes GSU a Great Place to Work?
Georgia State University, one of the nation's most innovative public institutions, offers a collaborative environment where technology, research, and innovation drive student success and community impact.
GSU supports employee success through a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Through TAP, eligible employees can continue their education while building their careers, reflecting GSU's commitment to lifelong learning and employee development.
Why Join the Instructional Innovation and Technology (IIT) Division?
Join a mission-driven technology division where your work directly supports student success, academic excellence, and university operations.
What Makes This Opportunity Unique?
We do not expect candidates to be experts in every technology used across the university. We are seeking a strong Oracle DBA with solid technical fundamentals, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to learn and adapt in a complex enterprise environment while expanding expertise across Georgia State's enterprise application and data ecosystem.
Position Overview
Georgia State University's Instructional Innovation and Technology (IIT) Division is seeking an experienced Lead Database Administrator to join the Application Solutions team. This hands-on technical leadership role is responsible for administering, securing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise Oracle database environments that power critical university operations, student success, and institutional services.
The Lead Database Administrator provides technical leadership and hands-on support for Oracle databases, data warehouse platforms, and related technologies, partnering with application, infrastructure, security, and business teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing systems.
If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, driving operational excellence, and continuously expanding your expertise, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities
Application & Database Support
Database Administration & Technology Management
Security, Compliance & Business Continuity
Project Leadership & Collaboration
Additional Information
Qualifications
Minimum Hiring Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of related experience; or a combination of education and experience.
Preferred Hiring Qualifications:
Candidates will be most competitive with:
College/Business Unit
12/06/26, 8:59:00 PM
College/Business Unit: Instructional Innovation & Technology
Location: Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 11/09/26, 7:56:32 AM
Organization
Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.
Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.
More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.
The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.
Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.
The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.
The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.
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