5524 - Database Specialist

Position Description

Salary Grade: 11

Pay Range
Hiring Range: $52,251 - $62,701 Annually
Full Range: $52,251 - $73,151 Annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

This classification provides technical design, development, implementation, and maintenance of database systems. The databases may be department-unique or may involve multiple County and non-County departments, activities, or agencies.

 

Duties/Responsibilities

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

 

• Designs, develops, implements and maintains major database systems on computer system;
• Creates user oriented file structures and characteristics to insure efficient computer operation and timely user turnaround and on-line response;
• Implements and maintains a data dictionary and database definitions according to departmental standards;
• Reviews existing and proposed database applications to insure effective, secure database development, maintenance and security;
• Performs systems and hardware performance measurements and evaluations;
• Maintains documentation of database status, attributes and related technical information;
• Establishes and implements standards concerning procedures and conventions for data definition, data manipulation and database support;
• Coordinates database installation, maintenance, security and access with other affected Information Systems (IS) staff or activities and using agencies;
• Trains staff and users in the use and maintenance of assigned database systems;
• Meets with end-users of assigned database systems to better define their needs or to identify and resolve problems encountered;
• May serve as lead to other staff in complex or unique database-related projects.

Minimum Qualifications

1) A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, university, or technical school in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), computer science, management information systems (MIS) or computer engineering, or a related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment, and three years of technical experience in the development and maintenance of database systems, which included programming and systems analysis.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

OR

2) Three years of experience with Pima County as a GIS Analyst I or GIS Analyst II.

 

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Selection Procedure: 

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum/desired qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum/desired qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.