Senior Database Administrator

Current employees: Please apply through the employee portal to be considered for this opportunity.

Pay Range:

$60.61 - $74.55 Hourly

Department:

Department of County Assets (DCA)

Job Type:

Regular Represented

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):

April 12, 2026

The Opportunity:

OVERVIEW

Are you a Senior Database Administrator with deep expertise in Snowflake and Azure Cloud? 

Join Multnomah County as a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to lead our transition from on-premise servers to a modern cloud architecture. We are seeking a technical lead to ensure our data systems are secure, optimized, and ready for the future. Please read the Minimum Qualifications for all of the requirements for this position.

In this role, you will:

• Keep things running: You will manage our databases every day, making sure they have enough space and are set up correctly for our team to use.
   

• Lead our move to the cloud: You’ll help us redesign how we store data, shifting from older on-site setups to modern cloud technology like Azure, Google GCP and AWS.
   

• Protect our data: You will design the plans for backing up information and making sure we can get it back quickly if something goes wrong.
   

• Fix and improve: You’ll spend time finding bottlenecks that slow us down and fixing them so everything runs as fast as possible.
   

• Draw the blueprints: Using data modeling tools, you will create the maps that show how all our different pieces of information fit together.
   

• Help the team: You’ll be a mentor for other IT staff, helping them solve tricky coding problems or teaching them how to use new database tools.

• Stay updated: You will keep our software safe by installing the latest updates and patches, and you’ll keep learning about new trends in tech

As a person, you are:

• Service-minded: You believe in acting with integrity and making sure our work helps everyone in the community fairly.
   

• A great communicator: You can take complicated technical ideas and explain them clearly to teammates and other departments.
   

• A natural learner: You are curious and adapt quickly when technology changes.
   

• A careful problem-solver: You don't just look for a quick fix; you look at the whole picture to find the best long-term solution.
   

• A team player: You enjoy building relationships and working side-by-side with others to get the job done.

The Team:

You will be joining the IT Division within the Department of County Assets (DCA). Led by IT Manager Michelle Smith, our seasoned team focuses on providing the technical support that keeps the whole County moving. We are currently in the middle of a major shift to more modern cloud-based tools, and we are looking for someone who is as excited about this evolution as we are.

TO QUALIFY

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying. Please be clear and specific in your application about how your background is relevant to this role.

Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience will be considered 

AND

• 5 years of experience in IT development and database administration. (Equivalency 9 years of qualifying training and/or experience).

• This position requires specialized knowledge. You must demonstrate that you have (KSAs) skills listed below.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): 

• Advanced knowledge of or skill in Azure Cloud (Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure Boards, etc).

• Working knowledge of or skill with Snowflake.

• Advanced knowledge of or skill with Business Intelligence Data Marts, and Data Warehousing, including design