Database Administration Specialist 2 (20044475)

What We Need:

Ohio EPA Database Admin Spec 2   

What We Do:

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest database admin spec in our Office of IT Services located at our Central Office in beautiful downtown Columbus, Ohio.     

Finally. There you are!

As a database admin spec, you will conduct performance tuning and configuration and tune DBMS systems running on a single platform. You will design and maintain various versions of data models and participate in the Change Review board. You will create Entity Relation Diagrams (ERD) and conduct data normalization and write platform specific code.

You will perform data migrations and business process monitoring, report business intelligence, and monitor warehouse processes. You will research product enhancement and capabilities and stay current with emerging technologies. You are going to work closely with clients and business analysts and software development staff to define and resolve information flow and content issues.

You will also develop knowledge of principles, theories, practices, and techniques for project planning – and answer questions and present to peers and staff.

Let’s recap:

• Conduct performance tuning and configuration and tune DBMS systems running on single platforms.

• Design and maintain versions of data models.

• Participate in Change Review board.

• Create Entity Diagrams (ERD) and conduct data normalization, writing platform specific code.

• Perform data migrations and business process monitoring.

• Develop knowledge of principles, theories, practices, and techniques for project planning.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

• 60 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: conducting performance tuning and configuration, creating data models and providing technical Tier II database support including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; AND 42 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: conducting performance tuning and configuration, creating data models and providing technical Tier II database support including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; AND 36 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: conducting performance tuning and configuration, creating data models and providing technical Tier II database support including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting.

• OR equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above. Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required, primary technology directly relating to the duties of the position. Only those applicants possessing the experience in the required, primary technology listed in the position description & job posting are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting must list the required technology commensurate with the position in question. 

Job Skills: Database Administration, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Equipment Operations, Leading Others, Customer Focus

All answers to supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your application.  Attachments will not be accepted for this posting.  Official educational transcripts are required for post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if they are selected for the position. Current Ohio EPA employees may be required to provide official educational transcripts.

Location: 50 W. Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Division: Information Technology

Background Check: The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check.  Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position.  An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

EEO Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protections Agency is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status, disability, age (40 years of age or older), genetic information, sexual orientation, status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, or status as a foster parent as those are defined in applicable Ohio law, federal law, and any Executive Order, in admission or access to the operation of its programs, services, activities or its own employment practices.  Employment practices are any employment related decisions including, but not limited to hiring, layoff, transfer, termination, promotion, demotion, discipline, rate of compensation, eligibility for in-service training programs, or terms and conditions of employment.

ADA Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is committed to providing access, equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Office of Human Resources at 614-644-2100 prior to testing or interviewing.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.