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DATABASE SPECIALIST II, Mainframe DBA

Information Technology Division

Recruitment #14-004480-0010

Introduction

OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

This is a position specific recruitment. The resulting certified eligible list will be used to staff this position/function only. Interested persons may need to reapply for future recruitments within this classification.  

GRADE

18

LOCATION OF POSITION

 Annapolis, MD

POSITION DUTIES

The incumbent of this position will provide the necessary support for the installation, maintenance, and debugging of mainframe DB2 and DB2 related software. This position also supports Teradata for the ADC distributed environment. Other duties include; establishing, maintaining, monitoring and supporting environments for customer application development, customer testing, customer training and production processing, while performing the database administration functions and tasks required to support the DB2 and MS/SQL test and production database systems at the Annapolis Data Center. Additionally, this position also serves as a technical contact for database Disaster Recovery Support.

Please Note: This position 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 pager.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

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.

* In order to receive due credit, all unofficial transcripts must be submitted in a non-editable format prior to the closing date. If you can edit your document, it is not acceptable for the purpose of demonstrating your qualifications.

** For education obtained outside of the U.S., you will be required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service.  If you possess a degree obtained outside of the United States, please submit a detailed, course-by-course evaluation report from one of the U.S. equivalency evaluating members identified at http://www.naces.org/members.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

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 pager.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

Only applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this recruitment will be considered for this opportunity. The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training and experience. It is essential that you submit complete and accurate information on your application in order to determine if you meet the qualifications as specified above. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the application. If applicable, please submit an unofficial copy of your college diploma or transcripts for full consideration of your qualifications. All information concerning your qualifications must be received by the closing 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.

Qualifying applicants are subject to an oral interview. Prior to appointment, the employee must successfully undergo a comprehensive background investigation including a review of criminal, MVA and tax records; and determination of legal authorization to work in the United States or under the United States Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Upon initial appointment OR promotion to a position in the State Personnel Management System, an employee is required to serve an initial six month probationary period. This probationary period may be extended an additional six months under certain circumstances at the discretion of the appointing authority.

BENEFITS

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Veterans 

Thank you for your service to our country. If you are seeking veteran's preference, please submit a copy of your DD-214.

Attachments
 
The preferred method for submitting additional information is to upload it directly into your online account.  Please remove references to the first 5 digits of your SSN and your DOB on all attachments by deleting, redacting or blacking that information out with a marker.  Please note that all unofficial transcripts must be submitted in a non-editable format.

Faxes/Email

The online application process is STRONGLY preferred.  If you choose fax or email as the option to submit your application and/or required additional information, you must include the following information on each page you submit:

  • First and Last Name
  • Recruitment Number (located at the top of the bulletin)
  • The last 4 digits of your SS# 

Fax: 410-974-5249 – This fax number is for Comptroller of Maryland recruitment efforts only.

Email: ahaskins@comp.state.md.us

For Further Questions

If you are having difficulty with your user account or have general questions about this online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850 or Application.Help@maryland.gov.

If you have questions about this particular recruitment, please contact the Comptroller of MD, Office of Human Resources at dsimmons@comp.state.md.us

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: (410) 260-6622 or MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.
 
We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.




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