Senior Database Architect

Work for Indiana

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT):

The Indiana Office of Technology provides cost-effective, secure, consistent, reliable enterprise-technology services to our partner agencies so that they can better serve our mutual customer, the Hoosier taxpayer. IOT will also act as the technology and solution enabler for the State, helping its partner agencies achieve business objectives and innovation.

Salary:

Salary is commensurate with training and job experience.

Role Overview:

The Senior Database Architect designs, implements, and manages complex database systems, ensuring their performance, integrity, and security. You will collaborate closely with other IOT Departments and agency stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into efficient database solutions. You will also plan for future growth, identify new technologies for adoption by the State, and provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other team members.

The ideal candidate will have:

A passion for designing and optimizing database solutions to support the State of Indiana's strategic goals.

Excellent problem-solving skills and a forward-thinking mindset.

A Day in the Life:

Design and implement database solutions that meet business requirements and ensure scalability, performance, and reliability.

Test, debug, and document system software upgrades and new releases.

Collaborate with IOT management to evaluate technical and business goals. Analyze and estimate business value.

Identify technical problems and needs and then propose solutions using the whole portfolio of IT assets.

Provide technical direction, support, and leadership to project teams.

Lead cross-functional teams to capture product/application requirements, align the product/application features to product roadmap/strategy, product/application implementation, and rollout.

Design and implement solutions across critical architecture domains, Business/Process, Application/Services, Data Information, Technology/Infrastructure/Operations, and Security.

Work with multiple business areas, applications, data domains, and technologies.

Work with multiple organizations, functions, and suppliers.

Ensure solutions meet business needs along with architecturally significant functional and non-functional requirements.

Anticipate, understand, and communicate the implications of technical decisions on the business, applications, and project timelines and influence decisions accordingly.

Able to define, lead, and execute technical work.

Analyze and take on complex technical problems, including advanced data analysis and multiple technologies.

Stay current with emerging database technologies and best practices and recommend adoption where appropriate.

Consult with application owners to creatively brainstorm and right-size effective solutions.

Manage expectations with IT management and software vendors for project deliverables.

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

What You'll Need for Success:

Must possess an expert knowledge of SQL Server, including:

Database architecture, modeling, and design

Managing large physical and virtual clusters

Multi-terabyte databases in a multi-server environment

Installation and configuration

Automated deployments

Backup and recovery tools and methodologies

AlwaysOn Availability Groups in a Virtual Server environment

Database Monitoring Tools such as IDERA, Red-Gate, and AppDynamics.

Performance and diagnostic tools including Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), Extended Events, and SQL Profiler

Writing SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, etc.

High Availability and Disaster Recovery using clustering, log Shipping, and replication

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Team Leadership and Collaboration

Must have experience in the following areas:

Cloud Database Platforms

ITIL and key IT processes.

Programming languages (VB.NET, C#, Python, PowerShell)

ETL processes and related tools.

BI tools such as PowerBI and AWS Quicksight.

Managing hybrid-cloud workloads.

Creating automation for daily processes.

Database charge-back.

Using monitoring tools.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees which includes:

Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans

Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards

Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution

Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities

Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match

Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options

A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:

150 hours of paid new parent leave

Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave

Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off

12 paid holidays, 14 on election years

Education Reimbursement Program

Group life insurance

Referral Bonus program

Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits

Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Free Parking for most positions

Free LinkedIn Learning access

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at .

The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.