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Why Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) We come from humble beginnings — picture a one-person organization created in 1949 to advocate for excellence in public education on behalf of Texas school board members. Flash forward to today, and we have over 500 employees working together to provide 1,024 school districts with purposeful resources so they can focus on what matters most — excellent and equitable education for all 5.4 million Texas students. We feel privileged to work alongside talented team-members who are passionate about education and enjoy learning from new and different perspectives. We believe what makes our organization highly successful is the rich diversity our employees collectively bring to TASB with different backgrounds, skillsets, cultures and ethnicities, gender identities, interests, abilities, and work styles. And our passion for education and learning doesn’t end there. Our culture has always encouraged employees to grow and become their best selves both professionally and personally through a variety of innovative and collaborative development opportunities. You’re likely beginning to see why we’ve been regularly named by Austin Business Journal as a Top Ten Best Places to Work! TASB offers competitive pay, rich benefits (including retirement matching of 2:1 up to 5% after one year. This means that if you contribute 5% to the plan, TASB will contribute 10%), onsite daycare, onsite gym, wellness program, tuition reimbursement, remote work options, flexible schedules, and more. Every role at TASB thoughtfully complements our mission and the educational impact being made in communities across Texas. If you consider your work exceptional and want to help drive our mission forward, keep reading! About You The IT Database Administrator is responsible for supporting and maintaining database systems with a focus on cloud-based platforms, ensuring availability, performance, and security. This role supports database operations, optimization, and modern data infrastructure initiatives, primarily within Microsoft Azure environments. This is an Austin-based hybrid role requiring selected candidate to work three days onsite at our TASB Headquarters. A Typical Day • Administer and support Azure SQL Databases, Managed SQL Instances, and on-prem SQL Server environments. • Work independently with the Data Architect, Programmer Analysts, development teams, and End Users to size databases, add indexes where necessary, create physical tables and partition the database as needed. • Participate in the preliminary planning/budgeting process for responsible systems. • Collaborate with development teams to support database design, indexing strategies, and query optimization. • If you’re still reading, we’d love to meet you! How You'll Make An Impact • Perform routing database maintenance, backups, restores, and patching. • Monitor and optimize database performance using tools like Query Store, Azure Monitor, and SQL Profiler. • Participate in database migrations to Azure and assist in hybrid cloud environments. • Support security compliance by managing access controls and auditing. • Participate in on-call rotation. • Capture, monitor, and analyze computer and database usage data, health, and tuning and recommend and implement policies and best practices to provide maximum resource utilization, optimal performance, timely maintenance and minimum downtime. • Monitor systems usage and proactively recommend new technology to meet the Association's increasingly greater technology needs. • Work as needed and in a leadership role with the development teams to set up and schedule jobs and events for database tasks. • Establish standards and schedules for systems and database backups and recovery procedures ensuring that backup schedules meet recovery requirements. • Create and maintain descriptive system documentation, which may include project plans, data flow diagrams, entity relationship model, program specifications, and internal program documentation. Skills For Success Education and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. • 3–5 years of experience in database administration, with at least 1–2 years in Azure environments. • Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Database Administrator Associate) preferred. • Prefer 6+ years’ experience & training. • 2+ years of hands-on experience with SSIS in enterprise environments. • Strong technical knowledge and experience specializing in Microsoft-centric environments, Internet applications/environment. • Strong technical knowledge and experience in Microsoft SQL Server. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities : • Proficiency in T-SQL, Azure SQL, and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). • Familiarity with Azure Resource Manager (ARM), PowerShell, or Terraform for database provisioning. • Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization in Azure. • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills. • Must enjoy independent action and be able to communicate well with internal users/customers, technical staff, and development staff. • Familiarity with integrating SSIS in hybrid environments (on-prem and Azure). • Experience with SSIS logging, error handling, and performance tuning. • Design, develop, deploy, and maintain SSIS packages for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes. • Monitor and troubleshoot SSIS package execution and performance issues. • Collaborate with business and development teams to gather ETL requirements and ensure data integrity across systems. • Automate data workflows and integrate SSIS with other tools such as SQL Agent, Azure Data Factory, or PowerShell scripts. • Proficiency in developing and maintaining SSIS packages for complex ETL processes. The TASB Difference • Enjoy competitive pay and rich benefit offerings. • Be part of a collaborative environment where every contribution impacts Texas public schoolchildren. • Thrive in a culture that promotes bringing your whole self to work every day and emphasizes healthy boundaries and work-life balance. • Learn and grow individually and together through frequent professional development, wellness seminars, and more. • Work alongside transparent leaders with an open and consistent feedback approach. • Celebrate as a team with meaningful (and fun) events and tokens of appreciation throughout the year. Posting Notices • The health and safety of our employees and members, is our top priority. • The Association is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an individual based on any of the following personal characteristics protected by law: race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including in relation to marital status, pregnancy, pay, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, genetics or veteran status. • This position does not qualify for visa sponsorship. • Any job offer is contingent upon receipt of results of a satisfactory background check.

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