Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator
Full-time Staff
Sugar Grove Campus

Hybrid Option: Yes 

Join our dynamic team at Waubonsee Community College, where your career can flourish. We are committed to being an exceptional employer, offering a comprehensive benefits package with generous time off, low-cost medical, dental, and vision plans, and a secure pension plan through SURS. You'll also enjoy 14 paid holidays, including winter and Thanksgiving breaks. Be part of a transformative institution, dedicated to making a positive impact in our community and the lives of our students. Your future starts here - join us today!

Waubonsee Community College is committed to hiring and retaining exceptional faculty and staff who are committed to the college's culture of collaboration, professional growth and student success.

The Senior Database Administrator reports to the Director of Enterprise Systems. The position is responsible for maintaining database environments and administering servers for applications used by Waubonsee Community College.  The Senior Database Administrator will assume the role of cloud- and locally-hosted application and database administrator, and serve as the integration expert for non-ERP business systems.

Functions to be performed by this position with the assistance of other team members and/or professional support include assessing requirements, defining strategy, developing security, implementing and delivering operational data systems; installing and supporting business intelligence reporting tools; providing administrative and technical leadership and support for cloud- and locally-hosted applications; IT project management as assigned and integrating points for data exchange within and between external and college data systems.

Provide administrative and technical development and maintenance for all database environments.

Provide administrative and technical development and maintenance for assigned locally-hosted applications.

Provide administrative and technical development and maintenance for assigned cloud-hosted applications.

Project management as assigned including project definitions, work breakdown structures, project plans, timelines, and vendor discussions.

• Work collaboratively with various College departments to understand the project's definitions, scopes, objectives, security needs, and requirements.