Job Description Summary:

UCAR is excited to announce a position for a Database Development and Administration Lead within our Enterprise Software and Applications (ESA) team! This position will include responsibilities for design and implementation of database components, data set transformation and loading, and data design for reporting, application interfaces. In addition, you will be responsible for support and maintenance on developed models and components, in addition to other responsibilities.

Position Details:

Visa Sponsored Job:

No

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Job Location:

Boulder, Colorado

Position Type & Term:

Full time, Regular

Compensation Range:

Salary Range $109,097 - $136,370

*Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role.*

Application Notes

Job Location: Boulder, Colorado

Job Type: Hybrid, 3 days/week minimum requirement in Boulder office

Position Type & Term: Full-Time, Regular
 

Application Deadline: This position will be posted until 11:59 PM MT on Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Required application materials: (preferably uploaded as a PDF):

Resume/CV

Cover Letter - Please address how your skills and experience meet the needs of this position (for more information, please refer to the Key Responsibilities and Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities sections of this job posting). Additionally, please respond to the following questions within your cover letter. Applications that do not address these questions will not be eligible for further consideration:

• This position includes supervisory responsibilities. Please describe your approach to managing and mentoring technical staff. How have you supported the professional development of your team, particularly in areas such as systems integration, data management, and application support?
• Briefly describe a successful technical project you led recently. How did you communicate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders, collaborate across functional teams, and ensure alignment with broader enterprise IT objectives?

Background Checks: Conducted for candidates selected for hire. Learn more.
Work Location: Regardless of flexible work arrangements, UCAR requires ALL positions to be performed within the U.S., excluding U.S. Territories.

What You Will Do

Here is a brief summary of what one would expect to be generally responsible for in this role.

• Technical lead on project teams to support functional design, document and understand database requirements for data and integration related projects.

• Lead the creation of  processes, procedures, and scripts to migrate data and/or perform ETLs using integration software

• Maintain coding standards, a consistent code base in conjunction with best practices and with the use of source control for all data objects

• Lead the development of data integrations between cloud applications and internal data hub for use with internal applications

• Lead data architecture initiatives to support analytics and reporting requirements

• Design and develop efficient, functional data structures and data processes for data migrations to cloud platforms

• Team with application developers for scheduling/design of API data integrations via Mule

• Production monitoring and support of data-related jobs

• Provide ongoing supervision, development, coaching, mentoring, and learning experiences for the database integration team.

• Lead database integration team meetings and 1:1 meetings with staff

• Provides daily direction and prioritization of support related tasks including data system tasks

• Sets goals, delegates tasks, monitors productivity, and provides feedback and coaching.

• Ensures application support goals and objectives are met.

• Train users on developed models, answer and respond to user support questions.

• Backup DBA support and maintenance tasks on SQL Server / SSIS ETL platforms.

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