Dir,Enterprise Database Admin

Position Title: Dir,Enterprise Database Admin

Employee Classification: Dir,Enterprise IT

College/Division: Information Technology

Department: 450270-IT DATABASE ADMINISTRATION

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: To commensurate with qualifications

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

Exempt or Non-Exempt: Exempt

Summary:  We are looking for a Director of Database Administration to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will lead, develop, and mentor a team of technical database experts in managing both on-premise and cloud databases, including Oracle OCI, Azure SQL, SQL Server, PostGre SQL, RedShift, Snowflake, and MySQL.

Classification Summary:

Under limited supervision, administers multiple enterprise systems which have a university wide critical impact to core operational infrastructure. Sets strategic direction, and recommends institutional policy for enterprise information technology. Works with internal departments/units to identify opportunities to improve and refine services to meet their needs. Participates in the investigation, selection, and operation of information systems.

Classification Standard Duties:

Directs departmental operations and supervises employees directly and through lower level managers and supervisors. Participates in development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, short- and long-range planning; develops tracking and evaluation programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals. Develops and establishes policies and objectives consistent with those of the organization to ensure efficient operation of individual departments. Consults and coordinates with university officials on matters of policy, interdivisional interaction, and capital improvement issues. Collaborates with departments and administration to establish goals and priorities for technology solutions to meet institutional needs. Develops and manages annual budgets for the organization and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.Develops and administers budgets and plans for technology development and deployment at the institution. Recommends and participates in the development of University policies and procedures; may serve on University planning and policy-making committees. Maintains currency of knowledge with respect to relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and/or systems. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience, Certification/License, Equivalency

Required Education: Bachelors degree: Eight (8) years of experience directly related to the standard duties as outlined;

Equivalency: Completion of a post-secondary degree may substitute for years of experience.;

Certification/License:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

KNOWLEDGE:Knowledge and strategic understanding of information security principles, practices, and requirements as they relate to a major public institution. Knowledge of organizational structure, workflow, and operating procedures. Knowledge and understanding of all Federal, State, and University laws, regulations, and standards pertaining to information security and privacy.; SKILLS:Program planning, development, implementation, and leadership skills. Demonstrated strategic planning and policy development skills gained at a senior level. Advanced analytical, evaluative, and objective critical thinking skills. Outstanding interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively in business partner relationships. Demonstrated integrity and ability to maintain principles and make appropriate decisions under ethical pressure.; ABILITIES:Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments. Ability to anticipate need and effectively assist the organization to rapidly adjust and respond to rapidly changing information security conditions and trends

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Director of Database Administration is responsible for leading, developing and mentoring a team of technical database subject matter experts in the administration of on premise and cloud databases, more specifically, Oracle OCI, Azure SQL, SQL Server, PostGre SQL, RedShift, Snowflake, MySQL, etc... This position will report to the CIO and will provide expert level of support for database backups, database recovery, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, storage/server cost management. In this role you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and managing the current environment(s) ensuring all databases are running current versions including patch management. Support all projects that require database changes, provide application teams with database tuning expertise, and ensure the database environments are available 99.99% of the time across all application environments. Provide the CIO with availability dashboards including introducing support automation where and when opportunities present themselves. Develop and maintain strong relationships with the application teams and external customers outside of IT. Leverage your skills to actively listen, problem solving, and being transparent with your IT and business partners in communicating successes and challenges. Build a team culture that thrives on customer obsession. Attract and build a high-performance team with capabilities needed to achieve current and future business outcomes. Remove barriers to agility and enable the team to shift priorities quickly without impacting productivity. Leverage your technical and operations expertise in cloud and high-performance computing to establish a solid understanding of the higher education business, customers' needs and ability earn trust in the relationships you establish. Develop the appropriate organizational structure to achieve outcomes that are expected of you and the team you oversee.

• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for database recovery and data archiving to ensure protection, maximum availability and integrity of data assets.

• Coordinate with project managers and project teams to plan and schedule work activities. Provide feedback on project plans and adhere to delivery schedules

• Coordinate with your peers and the business to implement the planned installation and/or upgrade of new database software releases and patches. Assist with monitoring and performance tuning of databases to constantly look at ways to improve performance

• Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services and standards in support of project development efforts

• Create and maintain documentation of all production policies, procedures, database server configurations, error logs, maintenance records and product troubleshooting

• Work with the application teams to create capacity plans, capacity plans are required for each application that interfaces to the databases you are responsible for

• Monitor and continuously manage database workloads to achieve maximum throughput and performance.

Preferred Qualifications

ITIL is preferred.

Special Requirements of the Position

Department Contact: Jasmine Gomez, 575-646-3685, jgomez12@nmsu.edu

Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon funding

Bargaining Unit Eligibility: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Recruitment Summary

We are New Mexico’s land-grant institution and a comprehensive research university dedicated to teaching, research public service and outreach at all levels. NMSU is a welcoming community of talented faculty, staff and students who are working together to make a difference. We are a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), a minority-serving institution (MSI) and home to the first Honors College in New Mexico. We offer an accessible education that shapes bright futures. 

NMSU provides learning opportunities to a diverse population of students and community members at four campuses, Cooperative Extension offices located in each of New Mexico’s 33 counties, 12 research and science centers, and through distance education.

NMSU Main Campus

• Located in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico State University's 900-acre main campus is located at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25 in the Southwestern United States. As a thriving center of higher education, deeply rooted in the regional tradition, its role as a comprehensive university is recognized throughout the state.