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University of Maryland Global Campus
Senior Administrator, Database Operations
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Hybrid - Adelphi, Maryland
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Full-Time
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$105K - $125K
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Information Technology
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November 13th, 2026
Oracle
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Maryland Global Campus is hiring a Senior Administrator, Database Operations. The role provides senior-level administration of the enterprise database platforms behind UMGC’s academic, administrative, financial, and research systems, and serves as the main technical escalation point for database issues. The administrator works with application engineering, infrastructure, cloud engineering, and information security teams to keep databases secure, available, and recoverable across on-premises and cloud environments.
Highlights
- Administer, configure, and optimize enterprise databases across production, development, testing, and disaster recovery environments, and set the operating standards and procedures that keep them stable.
- Lead database provisioning, upgrades, patching, migrations, and lifecycle management, and support modernization and cloud adoption within change management and security requirements.
- Oversee monitoring, capacity planning, and performance analysis, identifying bottlenecks and tuning database services to improve reliability and scalability.
- Lead backup, restore, replication, high-availability, failover, and disaster recovery work, and validate recovery capabilities and continuity plans.
- Administer database security controls including access management, authentication, encryption, and auditing, and support data protection and compliance requirements.
- Act as the senior escalation point for database incidents and root cause analysis, and mentor database administrators while maintaining operational documentation.
- Five or more years of experience in database administration, database operations, or systems administration, supporting enterprise-scale production databases across cloud, hybrid, and traditional environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Hands-on skills with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, cloud databases such as Azure SQL and AWS RDS, ITSM practices, and automation scripting in PowerShell, Bash, and SQL.
- Hybrid position based in Adelphi, Maryland, with a hiring range of $105,000 to $125,000.
Senior Administrator, Database Operations Full Description
Senior Administrator, Database Operations (Server Engineering) - US Exempt Regular, Full time
This position is classified as "hybrid" and the work location is Adelphi, Maryland. An on-site presence is expected for meetings, summits, or events, and as needed. In accordance with UMGC Travel policy, you will be responsible for any expenses incurred from traveling, including temporary lodging, to Adelphi or locations within the DMV region.
The Senior Administrator, Database Operations is responsible for providing senior-level administration, operational leadership, performance management, security oversight, and lifecycle support for enterprise database platforms that support mission-critical academic, administrative, financial, research, and operational systems across UMGC. This role serves as the primary technical escalation point for database operations, ensuring database environments remain secure, highly available, performant, recoverable, and aligned with institutional requirements. The Senior Administrator partners closely with Application Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Information Security, Data Enablement, vendors, and business stakeholders to maintain reliable and resilient database services across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Duties and Responsibilities
Database Administration & Operational Leadership
- Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments across production, development, testing, and disaster recovery environments.
- Establish operational standards, administration practices, and procedures that promote platform stability, performance, and reliability.
Database Lifecycle, Deployment & Platform Modernization
- Lead database provisioning, upgrades, patching, migrations, environment management, onboarding activities, and lifecycle management initiatives.
- Support modernization and cloud adoption efforts while ensuring alignment with change management, security, and operational requirements.
Performance Optimization, Monitoring & Reliability Engineering
- Provide senior-level oversight for database monitoring, observability, health management, capacity planning, performance analysis, and optimization activities.
- Identify performance bottlenecks, tune database services, and drive proactive improvements that enhance reliability and scalability.
Backup, Recovery & Continuity Management
Lead backup, restore, replication, high-availability, failover, and disaster recovery activities. Validate recovery capabilities and continuity plans while ensuring enterprise databases remain recoverable and resilient during operational disruptions.
Security, Compliance & Data Protection
- Administer and monitor database security controls including access management, authentication, encryption, auditing, and privileged access practices.
- Support compliance requirements, governance standards, and institutional policies related to data protection and security.
Incident Management, Mentoring & Continuous Improvement
- Serve as the senior escalation point for database incidents, problem management, root cause analysis, and operational risk mitigation activities.
- Mentor database administrators, maintain operational documentation, and contribute to automation, modernization, and operational maturity initiatives.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills
- Enterprise database administration (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Query optimization and database performance tuning
- Database monitoring, observability, and health management
- Backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations
- High availability, clustering, and failover architectures
- Cloud database administration (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL)
- Database migrations and platform modernization
- Database security, auditing, and compliance controls
- Linux and Windows database platform administration
- PowerShell, Bash, SQL, and automation scripting
- ITSM Incident, Change, Problem, and Release Management
- Capacity planning and performance analysis
- Technical documentation and runbook development
- Root cause analysis and operational troubleshooting.
Education & Experience Requirements
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Database Administration, Data Management, or a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in database administration, database operations, systems administration, or related technical disciplines.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale production databases and mission-critical applications.
- Experience performing performance tuning, optimization, backup, recovery, replication, and maintenance activities.
- Experience supporting cloud, hybrid, and traditional database environments.
- Experience leading troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts for database performance, availability, and reliability issues.
- Experience serving as a senior technical resource for operational support activities.
Preferred Experience Requirements
Education: Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Database Administration, Data Management, or a related discipline.
- Progressive experience supporting enterprise database environments, database operations, or platform administration.
- Experience serving as a Senior Database Administrator, Database Operations Lead, Database Engineer, Data Platform Administrator, or similar senior technical role.
- Experience supporting large-scale cloud database services including Azure SQL, AWS RDS, cloud-native database platforms, and hybrid environments.
- Experience implementing high availability, disaster recovery, clustering, replication, and business continuity solutions.
- Experience supporting operational modernization, automation, observability, and reliability engineering initiatives.
- Experience supporting higher education, healthcare, government, financial services, or similarly complex enterprise environments.
Preferred Certifications
- Microsoft SQL Server Certifications
- Oracle Database Certifications
- PostgreSQL Certifications
- Azure Database Administrator Associate
- AWS Database Certifications
- ITIL Foundation Certification
- CISSP or related security certification.
Hiring Range
$105,000.00 - $125,000.00
All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.
The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination.
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