DATABASE SPECIALIST II

This is a position specific recruitment for the State Board of Elections.  The resulting eligible list will be used to fill this position/vacancy only.  Persons interested in future vacancies in the Database Specialist II classification will need to reapply.

Limited to candidates willing to accept employment in Annapolis, MD.

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State Board of Elections

151 West Street

Annapolis, MD  21401

The main purpose of this position is to serve as the Database Specialist II responsible for the installation, configuration, administration and management of the agency's Microsoft SQL Servers and Reporting Services. The IT Division Database Specialist II is also responsible for the day to day operation of the database systems and subsystems that support the MD State Board of Elections software application and systems.

The Database Specialist II has to monitor and optimize the performance of the production databases. Provide support to the development team throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Implement and troubleshoot triggers, views, stored procedures and data integrity constraints. Implement, maintain and troubleshoot SQL Server high availability and database monitoring. Identify and troubleshoot database issues and the ability to analyze, design, build, test and implement solutions. Perform scheduled and nonscheduled database backups and recovery. Employees in this classification do not supervise.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or other information technology related field to include course work in database management systems.

Experience: One year of experience designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and controlling database management systems for computers.

Notes: 1. Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate plus thirty credit hours from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or other information technology-related field to include course work in database management systems may be substituted for the required education.

2. Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and one additional year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or maintaining and modifying operating systems for computers may be substituted for the required education.

3. Experience operating computer systems; or scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining a tape library to process data on computer systems; or converting data from project specifications by developing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages may be substituted for high school education on a year-for-year basis.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Database Administration classifications or Database Administration specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

1.      Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) and Transact-SQL (T-SQL) certifications

2.      Solid understanding of Windows AD, DNS and Group Policy

3.      Experience administering Oracle databases

4.      Experience with technical writing

5.      Experience with troubleshooting technical issues and resolving project issues and challenges

6.      Excellent communication skills

Limited to candidates willing to accept employment in Annapolis, MD.

Employees in this classification may be subject to call 24 hours a day and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where the employee can be reached or will be furnished with a cell phone.

Please ensure you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment.  All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date.  We will not consider information submitted after this date.  Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

Please read the job announcement in its entirety before applying for this recruitment.  Applicants must meet all minimum qualifications to be considered and appear on the list of people eligible for hire.  The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position.  You may be required to complete a qualifications supplement or the rating may be based on your application.  Therefore, it is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application.  Repot all experience and education that is related to this position.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

Online application process is strongly preferred.  If online is not available, please send your completed paper application (by the closing date) to:

State Board of Elections

HR Recruitment

PO Box 6486

Annapolis, Maryland  21401-0486

For questions or to email additional information, please send to sylvial.brown@maryland.gov.

To fax additional information, please fax to 410-974-5126.

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by contacting sylvial.brown@maryland.gov.

 TTY  Users: call via Maryland Relay

 We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.

 Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.