IT Database Administrator - IT Data Management - Entry

Location: Spokane Falls Main Campus

Department: District Info Technology

Salary Range: $5,479 - $7,369

Starting salary for this position is: $5,479 (Monthly)

Employees hired at the entry step of this range receive salary step advancement after six months and every 12 months thereafter. An employee hired at anything higher than the entry step of the range will have salary step advancement after 12 months and every 12 months thereafter until they reach the top of the salary range. Each salary step advancement will be approximately a 5% increase.

About Us 

Spokane Colleges is comprised of two accredited colleges, Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) serving Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties, as well as portions of Lincoln County.

Both colleges are accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and governed by the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.

Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. PST on 01/20/2025. The application process will not be available after this time. To ensure consideration make sure your application is completed and submitted as soon as possible. Applications will only be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.

About the IT Database Administrator - IT Data Management - Entry

JOB SUMMARY

The Information Technology Division (IT) deploys strong technical skills and a passion for improving the lives of students, staff and faculty in a dynamic teaching, learning, and working environment. IT puts students first, promotes equity through accessible learning and information technologies, and provides responsive service with excellence and integrity.

The Information Systems and Development Services (ISDS) department within IT provides database, application development, and integration support for IT solutions at Spokane Colleges. The Database Administrator position, under general direction of the department supervisor, independently performs advanced analysis, design, technical coding, and database management tasks to resolve complex application database issues.

As a member of a team, this position applies technical knowledge to perform intermediate complexity tasks such as: planning, recommending, and implementing complex database projects; facilitating application interfaces and application integration; analyzing and resolving problems; assisting others in de-bugging problems with vendor products; researching environment issues, platforms, database software and hardware requirements; and performing data analysis and data flow diagramming. The incumbent must understand the customer’s business needs and implement solutions accordingly. Most of the tasks performed by this position have districtwide or multiple-functional area impact. Tasks may require integration of new technology, and/or change how the organizations’ missions are accomplished.

This position works on-site in Spokane, Washington.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in and contribute to ISDS department and Spokane Colleges IT division meetings and collaborations. *
• Document all work efforts adequately for self and colleagues/supervisor using the Spokane Colleges IT division and ISDS department standard work tracking system(s) and approach (currently FreshService tickets). *
• Model and support positive and respectful communication and service to colleagues, supervisor(s), stakeholders/clients, and the public. *
• Ensure accurate and efficient operation and availability of Spokane Colleges data environments and the data, dependencies, logic, and components within those environments. *
• Respond efficiently to concerns and issues as surfaced through spoken, print, or electronic communications including but not limited to voice, text/chat, email, phone, and ITSM (FreshService) system tickets. *
• Assist with planning, researching, developing, testing, implementing, enhancing, and maintaining data integrations involving components including but not limited to automated and manual SQL Agent jobs, PowerShell scripts and modules, SSIS packages, tables, views, stored procedure, functions, etc. in order to provide data to and/or get data from remote and local databases and related systems in support of Spokane Colleges use of third-party and locally-developed IT solutions. *
• Work with staff at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and its member and partner colleges, Spokane Colleges Institutional Research (