Database and Applications Administrator

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Database and Applications Administrator is responsible for the maintenance and support of the University of Sioux Falls' Jenzabar Student Information System and other institutional databases. This role requires close collaboration with IT personnel, faculty, and staff to ensure data integrity, system functionality, and user support. The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency in relational database management, advanced SQL, and expertise Microsoft Office Suite. This position reports directly to the Vice President for Information Technology / Chief Information Officer or their designee.

The University of Sioux Falls is a private, Christian University offering a positive, collegial work environment and a strong benefit and compensation package. The benefit package for this full-time, on-ground position includes, but is not limited to, health and dental insurance, employer HSA contributions, tuition remission, and vacation, sick, holiday, and emergency benefit leave in a full-time employee compensation package.

MAJOR FUNCTIONS

• Develop and oversee on-going training programs for new and experienced users of administrative systems.
• Maintain regular interaction with administrative and academic areas to ensure best support of the work of the institution ensure data integrity, including writing reports and ad hoc queries, overseeing process flows, and serving as a resource for the University.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, develop methodology, and provide recommendations to proactively collect and enhance data for end-users within the University.
• Gather data from various databases, utilize statistical techniques and applications to analyze and interpret the data, and create ad-hoc reports and queries to report the data as requested by stakeholders.
• Manage user access to the database(s) applications, granting appropriate permissions based on individual roles and responsibilities.
• Develop needs analysis of potential projects, identify potential solutions and vendors, and facilitate decision-making in coordination with the VP / CIO working with end-users within the University.
• Serve as project liaison for application upgrades, migrations, and new system implementations.
• Maintain relationships with external vendors to ensure they are maintaining their systems, security, and backup(s) of institutional data, as needed, to provide continuous access for day-to-day operations and in accordance with federal and insurance requirements.
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to database and application performance, security, and data integrity.
• Ensure integrity of data among all institution databases and applications.
• Evaluate data between systems and across technology for process efficiencies (e.g. workflows, data imports, system integrations).
• Special projects as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

APPLICATION

Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and a minimum of three professional references that would speak to applicant work product. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. No telephone calls please.