Project Assistant (Database Administration)

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Agency New York State Department of Health
Title Project Assistant (Database Administration)
Salary $68,865- $84,174
Salary Grade NS (Equated to G-25)
Negotiating Unit Professional, Scientific and Technical/05
Location Office of Information Technology and Project Management, Center for Community Health, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree and six years of progressively responsible experience with data base programming, support and associated activities for statewide public health/health and human services applications with over 1000 users. Experience must include Oracle data base structure and design; Oracle data base programming; and Oracle data base performance analysis and tuning.
Preferred Qualifications Development of data base schemas, able to write stored procedures, scripts, be well versed in backup and restore (Rman). Should be able to extract, transform, and load processes and tools; and planning, associated with a large scale application for Oracle and SQL Server database management systems in support of statewide public health/health and human services applications
Responsibilities Reporting to the New York Early Intervention System (NYEIS) Information Technology Team Project Coordinator, the Project Assistant for NYEIS Database Administration will implement, maintain and generally manage the Early Intervention database environment for legacy systems and NYEIS. The incumbent will evaluate new software releases by vendors and act as liaison with other data processing professionals. The Project Assistant will also review deliverables from NYEIS contractor regarding database design for the new application. This position will comment and make recommendations regarding contractor's NYEIS database design proposals and will interact closely with the NYEIS IT Team Lead and IT Team members. Other responsibilities include working closely with OFT support staff on the Oracle database implementation and legacy data migration activities associated with NYEIS and assuming a lead role in the development of disaster recovery planning for the NYEIS Oracle database.
Conditions of Employment Full-time, temporary position. This position requires travel to areas that may not be served by public transportation.
Application Procedure Submit resume to Human Resources Management Group, JC/PA/24721, Room 2276, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237-0012, or by e-mail to resume@health.state.ny.us or by fax to (518) 474-6771. Please use a subject line of JC/PA/24721.
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An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Item # 24721
Issued September 5, 2008