Database Administrator

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits.  We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County. 

Learn more about working for Hamilton County Schools at careers.hcde.org and get to know us and our strategic plan, Opportunity 2030.

The purpose of this classification is to plan, design, develop, implement, and maintain software applications for various departments to ensure accurate data processes, reports and databases.

• Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times. 
• Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to schools and other stakeholders.
• Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Monitors performance and manages parameters to provide prompt responses to users.
• Creates high-level reporting systems.
• Work with Business Systems Analyst to analyze and design new program applications or enhancements to existing systems.
• Analyses the needs of users and monitors user access and security.
• Updates, maintains, and reviews performance on all district SQL databases
• Ensures transactional and daily backups are performed.
• Sets up new SQL databases.
• Audits, modifies and amends data in systems using SQL commands and bulk import.
• Creates SQL views for data interfaces to other systems.
• Ensures accuracy of all processing of information of assigned software applications.
• Handles routine requests for modifications or in-house additions to the system.
• Trains the end users on any changes.
• Installs new components.
• Resolves complex problems relating to software or file errors.
• Maintains existing application programs to reflect changes requested by user.
• Assists other programmers with programming languages, debugging and using utility routines.
• Assists end users regarding problems or the use of their system.
• Follows established procedures to ensure assigned areas and/or work areas are safe.   
• Works collaboratively with administrators, faculty, and staff.
• Attends work regularly and arrives to work on time.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics.
• Writes and updates user documentation.
• Troubleshoots server level issues.
• Coordinates vendor and user meetings.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary or as assigned.
  

Knowledge/Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred. 
• Nine (9) years of server, network and systems design experience required.
• Knowledge of technical hardware and software programming analysis methods and practices required.
• Knowledge of technical programming maintenance and repair required.
• Knowledge of Visual Basic .NET, C , VB Script, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS and C# preferred.
• Knowledge of programming and design methods, practices and procedures required.
• Or, any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Skill in analyzing customer/client needs
• Skill in creating, designing, programming and implementing and troubleshooting program applications
• Skill in providing technical support and training to staff and end users
• Skill in utilizing verbal and written communication to develop and present reports
• Skill in utilizing customer service/public relation techniques when responding to  inquiries and complaints.
• Work evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advanced notice, as needed.

Compensation :
Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience.
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