Information Technology Systems/Database Administrator Analyst I

Job Level
Mid-level position
Job Category
Administrator / Manager (of network or database)
Sector
  • Systems / Operations
  • Technology
  • Information Technology
Job Status
Areas of Responsibility
  • Data / Database
  • Information Technology
  • Network / Systems
Job Posting Title Information Technology Systems/Database Administrator Analyst I
Location Los Rios Community College District (District Office)
Department Location Information Technology Department
Posting Number C00971P
The Institution

About
The Los Rios Community College District is the second largest, two-year public college district in California, serving approximately 75,000 students in the greater Sacramento region. The district’s 2,400 square mile service area includes Sacramento and El Dorado counties and parts of Yolo, Placer, and Solano counties and is comprised of four uniquely diverse colleges – American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake and Sacramento City colleges. In addition to each college’s main campus, the district offers educational centers in Placerville, Davis, West Sacramento, Elk Grove, Natomas and Rancho Cordova.

The Los Rios district office is centrally located in the heart of the Sacramento valley. The growing Capital Region has strong communities and emergent arts and dining scenes, and is nearby some of the most celebrated tourist destinations in the country – Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley and San Francisco. The Sacramento area is a great place to live and work!

Strengths
The district has approximately 6,000 employees throughout our four colleges and district office complex. The District office is centrally located between all four colleges and provides welcoming, inclusive, and equitable environments for Los Rios students, employees and our community partners. Our departments strive for the highest quality in all programs, services, and activities, and are focused on advancing the learning of our diverse student population through improved academic and social outcomes.

Our Vision
Our colleges offer equity-minded, academically rigorous, student success centered education. Our objective is to help our students successfully achieve their academic goals, whether they want to transfer to a four-year college or university, earn an associates degree, or obtain one of more than 100 certificates in high demand career fields.

Position Summary

The Information Technology Systems/Database Administrator Analyst I is an experienced, senior-level specialist. Incumbent has primary responsibility for Systems or Database administration at the College-wide or District-wide level. The Information Technology Systems/Database Analyst I operates with routine oversight. [For a detailed job description for this Los Rios Classified Employees Association (White Collar) posting Job Descriptions click here].

This position is assigned to the Information Technology department and it is primarily responsible for supporting the applications and systems used by the Los Rios Police Department (LRPD). This includes, but is not limited to, the following: District-wide camera system, body cameras, in-car camera’s, in-car computer and networking equipment, CLETS, RIMS, RAVEGuardian, AlertUs, e911, and LRPD Dispatch phone system.

Los Rios Community College District offers competitive salaries and a very comprehensive employee benefits package to include medical insurance, CalPERS retirement, and opportunities for additional insurance and financial investments.

Full-time, twelve-month employees receive 17 days of annual paid holidays, 15 days’ vacation yearly (with increases after 5 & 10 years) and 8 hours of sick leave per month. Los Rios also offers extensive professional development opportunities with the district and financial support and/or paid time off to complete external academic studies. (See full LRCEA contract agreement details)

Assignment Responsibilities

Operations (including security, performance, problem resolution, & budgets):

  • Maintains multiple servers, databases and application software across multiple systems.

  • Performs installation and patching of servers, databases and application software for production and development environments.

  • Specifies requirements for infrastructure components (virtual servers, vMemory, vCPU, storage, networking, databases, applications) to ensure performance, reliability, backup, and recovery (as defined for each system).

  • Analyzes and resolves complex technical issues.

  • Works with vendors to resolve problems.

  • Provides vendors with enhancement requests.

  • Creates scripted procedures and/or programming to automate support functions.

  • Maintains security and staff access to servers, databases and/or software applications.

  • Monitors performance, availability, reliability, and capacity of systems to meet defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

  • Systems Administrator – configures, administers and maintains network servers providing file, print, application, web, and network services (DHCP, DCs, PXE, SAN, NAS, etc.).

  • Systems Administrator – configures, administers and maintains host servers for virtual servers and assigns appropriate resources, vCPU, vMemory, vNetwork, vStorage, etc.

  • Database Administrator – configures, administers and maintains databases, the DBMS and database servers providing database functions to application and web services.

  • Database Administrator – configures, administers and maintains virtual database servers and assigns appropriate resources, vCPU, vMemory, vNetwork, vStorage, etc.

  • Tracks and migrates Los Rios customizations and provides change management to the ERM. 

  • Works as a liaison between the business analysts and technical support to coordinate creation of and/or refreshes of test instances of the ERM. 

  • Ability to design, code and test scripts for the management of applications, servers and databases. 

  • Creates timelines and documentation as needed. 

  • Troubleshoots problems and consults with users for system needs, design, and operation. 

  • Provides assistance and direction to other Information Technology personnel.

  • Maintains working knowledge of current industry information, vendor direction, new products, and technical architectures/approaches.

Projects:

  • Participates in projects and provides task definitions and time estimates within assigned role.

  • Performs project management for server, database and application software patch cycles and medium-sized projects. 

  • Manages on-going priorities, schedules, and task completions.

Organizational Support and Leadership:

  • Attends vendor training (off-site or web-based).

  • Communicates with other Information Technology technical staff.

  • Assists and provides coverage for other technical personnel in similar roles.

  • Maintains knowledge and provides advice in the business areas supported.

Strategy:

  • Maintains working knowledge of current industry information, vendor direction, new products, and technical architectures/approaches related to department, College, and/or District needs.

  • Researches vendor sites for technical information/updates, new product updates, and future trends within assigned area of responsibility.

  • Participates in long-range Information Technology planning and budgeting within assigned area.

  • Implements system architectures (server, database and software), policies, and procedures consistent with established plans.

Performs related duties as required.

Work Year 12 month
Work Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday

Total Hrs per Week/Day 40 hours per week
Special Requirements  
Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: A Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences, management information systems, engineering or closely related field and two years’ experience directly related to the job duties; OR, a Bachelor’s degree and four years’ experience directly related to the job duties; OR, an Associate’s degree in computer sciences or a closely related field and six years’ experience directly related to the job duties.

Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

(Experience Requirement: One year of experience is equal to 12 months of experience at a maximum of 40 hours per week. Applicable part-time experience will be converted to the full-time equivalent for purposes of meeting the experience requirement. Education Requirement: 15 units are equal to six months of education; 30 units are equal to one year of education.)

Application Instructions

1. A completed Los Rios Community College District Classified Application (required).

2. Resume (recommended).

3. Unofficial transcripts of college/university work (required).

4. Two (2) letters of recommendation (recommended).

5. Letter of Interest (recommended).

NOTES: 

  • Applications submitted without all required documents, listed above, will be disqualified. Applicants indicating “see resume” on the online application will be disqualified.

  • Graduate advising documents and grade reports will not be accepted as official transcripts.

  • It is the responsibility of Los Rios Community College District employees to also provide official transcripts, if required in the minimum qualification for the position. (Within 60 days of the time of hire, employees are required to submit official transcripts, if required in the minimum qualification for the position).

  • Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees and other relevant documents.

  • A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet minimum qualifications and/or salary placement even if the foreign transcript has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.

  • Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. Foreign Degree Transcript Evaluations click here Foreign Degree Transcript Evaluations click here

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

After hours inquiries should be emailed to hr@losrios.edu. Submission of applications are by 11:59 p.m., of the posting closing date.

Physical Demands  
Salary $7,145.50 per month LRCCD Salary Schedules
Additional Salary Information No additional salary information to note
Posting Detail Information

 

Posting Date 06/18/2019
Closing Date 07/10/2019
Open Continuously No
Beginning and/or Ending Dates

N/A

How and where to apply

Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for complete information on how to apply online with our District. Application services are available between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Los Rios Community College District Human Resources Office located at 1919 Spanos Court, Sacramento, CA 95825-3981. If you need assistance with any phase of the application process, please call (916) 568-3112 or come in during our business hours. After hours inquiries should be emailed to hr@losrios.edu. Submission of applications are by 11:59 p.m., of the posting closing date.

Conditions

All Positions: Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful clearance from a criminal background check, freedom from tuberculosis, and proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States prior to the first day of work. The District may select additional qualified candidates should unexpected vacancies or needs occur during this recruitment/selection process. When education is a requirement for the position, official academic transcripts from the accredited college/university must be submitted within 60 days of hire.

Quicklink http://jobs.losrios.edu/postings/11793