DATA BASE CONSULTANT - 80080459

Requisition No: 850636 

Agency: Juvenile Justice

Working Title: DATA BASE CONSULTANT - 80080459

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 80080459 

Salary:  Up to $3,269.24 biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/22/2025 

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The Department of Juvenile Justice salutes our heroes.

We are honored to have the opportunity to support our nation’s veterans and their families.

 We value the service given to our country and support the hiring of service members and military spouses.

LOCATION & CONTACT INFORMATION:

Location: Knight Building, 2737 Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32399

Salary: This position may pay up to $3,269.24 bi-weekly, based on education, specific skillset and work experience needed.

Contact Person: Sharon Long (850) 717-2320 or Jay Nayana (850) 717-2326 or Jackie Suttle 850-717-2321

DESCRIPTION:

The Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking a seasoned Career Service Data Base Consultant (aka DBA) to join our Information Technology (IT) Software Technology Team.  This position is responsible for managing the overall day to day technical operations of our enterprise application databases.  Advanced expertise in performance tuning activities and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.  The ideal candidate is a self-starter, team player, able to drive tasks to completion independently, and able to learn new skills on the job as project and data requirements expand.

Candidates must be highly motivated and have a strong desire to work in a team-oriented environment.  Candidates must be detail oriented, have strong written and oral communication skills, and demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective customer relationships.

This is a Career Service position and receives significant State of Florida Benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the databases that support our enterprise applications.
• Ensure proactive monitoring of the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
• Conduct performance tuning/troubleshooting of our SQL environments.
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollouts and upgrades.
• Participate in the production support activities on a 24x7 basis as needed.  
• Perform regular database maintenance, backups, disaster recovery, troubleshooting database error and/or database logs.
• Ensure that the data is secured at all times.
• Performance optimization and tuning, databases and objects administration, scheduled jobs (tasks) management, create triggers, data transfers and replication management.
• Create and Review stored procedures for efficiency.
• Create tables on production server, Create SSIS Packages, Adding fields to tables on production server, perform bulk copy, data conversion, data transfer, data cleansing, software upgrade, data archiving, create data dictionary, create & modify data model and system documentation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4+ years’ experience developing SSIS packages.
• 4+ years’ experience supporting large, high-performance database solutions for premiere Intranet/Internet-based applications.
• Expert user of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or higher (i.e. programming experience with Structured Query Language (SQL)) including strong knowledge of Transact-SQL.
•  Working knowledge of business automation processes used to streamline operations, increase productivity and lower costs to ensure the flow of data runs efficiently to meet the business needs of the department.
• Ability to perform hands-on query optimization, data analysis, and database tuning.
• In-depth knowledge/understanding of relational database design, technologies and concepts relating to areas that would affect the use and performance of the application.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.
• Capable of solving problems quickly and accurately.
• Experience with data migration and data warehousing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Preference will be given to candidates with 5+years of working experience as a Senior Database Administrator.

B.S. in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems. 

WORK HOURS:   

Normal work hours are Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m however, working on weekends to deploy applications may occasionally be required.
 

SPECIAL NOTES:   

All prospective candidates will be subject to a sex offender check, criminal background checks (state, local, and national) and pre-employment drug screening for direct care positions.

DJJ participates in E-Verify (Employment Eligibility).

When identified on a position description, a valid driver’s license is required. If initially hired with an out-of-state license, the Florida resident must obtain a valid Florida state driver’s license within 30 days of hire. Licenses suspended or revoked for any reason, work permits (Business purpose/Employment/education only licenses) and some types of restricted licenses are not acceptable. Licenses that have Corrective Lenses Restriction are acceptable, provided the driver wears corrective lenses while operating the vehicle.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.