Job Description Summary

Department - Information Technology

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5261 - Data Engineer II

Salary Grade: 16

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $75,816 - $90,979 Annually 

Pay Range: $75,816 - $106,163 Annually 

Range Explanation: 

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Provides independent technical and analytical support on specific application system activities involving the design, development, construction, and ongoing support of systems, processes, or methods. Services complex customer segment application systems and databases of either the Pima County Information Technology (IT) Department, central Finance and Risk Management Department, within an Elected Official's IT team, or other department/work unit approved by the County Administrator. This classification is distinguished from the Data Engineer I classification by its focus on technical systems/database design and database management.

Essential Functions:

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.

• Plans, develops and maintains relational databases over a variety of database platforms;

• Participates in the development of database requirements and design specifications;

• Models database systems, transforms database models and entities into database objects, implements database changes based on application development or enhancements;

• Installs database management systems (DBMS) software, application software and other software related to DBMS administration;

• Monitors and administers DBMS security using appropriate protocols;

• Conducts system administration of database servers to function optimally with the DBMS;

• Writes and maintains database documentation appropriate to area of assignment;

• Monitors storage, archiving, backup and recovery procedures to ensure functionality and operability, as well as conducting capacity planning;

• Develops custom or ad hoc reports using industry standard tools.

• Responsible for other duties as assigned in support of the overall goals and functions of both the Human Resources Department and Pima County.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, university, or technical trade school with a major in computer science, computer engineering, management information systems (MIS), or a closely-related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment, AND four years of work experience in software development and maintenance, AND two years of work experience in the development and maintenance of database systems. (Experience requirements may be achieved concurrently.)

OR:

Associate's degree from an accredited college, university, or technical trade school AND six years of work experience in information technology software development and maintenance, AND two years of work experience in the development and maintenance of database systems. (Experience requirements may be achieved concurrently.)

OR:

Three years of experience with Pima County in a Data Engineer I position or closely-related classification as determined by the department head.

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. 
 

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Experience with coding in C#, Java, and Python.

• Experience with planning and creating new applications to completion and working on data layer/business logic/UI.

• Experience with using Git