Senior Database Administrator

Website State of California - CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Job Description and Duties

All applicants will be considered, however SROA/Surplus candidates will be given priority.

Are you interested in making life better for Californians? Are you looking for a career and not just a job? Do you want to create a meaningful impact in your community? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) has a career opportunity waiting for you! California not only needs you, it wants you as part of the growing workforce. New employees, new ideas, and new creative perspectives are needed in all areas at the CDTFA. We value staff and are dedicated to employee career development. Our agency supports the development of staff by offering training to flourish in their position and programs to promote and explore upward mobility. To learn more about us, please see CDTFA Gateway to New Opportunities video

This position will be filled in the Sacramento Headquarters Office or one of the following offices: Fresno, Oakland or Santa Rosa. The location of the position will be based on the location of the most qualified candidate.

Under the general direction of the Information Technology Manager I, the Information Technology (IT) Specialist II acts as the high-level technical expert for the overall design, implementation, maintenance, and performance of the organization’s SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases in AWS and Azure cloud environments. The IT Specialist II works closely with other IT staff and business units to ensure database systems are highly available, secure, and scalable.
The IT Specialist II provides leadership, planning, development, maintenance, and technical support for data and database administration in a complex, enterprise-wide database, and applications environment. The IT Specialist II is responsible for the technical specification related to the interoperability and functional integration of CDTFA data on multiple platforms and database and development languages.
Here is the link to the Information Technology Specialist II examination bulletin.

Here is the link to the Information Technology Specialist II (LEAP) examination bulletin.

Under Government Code 14200, this position may be eligible for partial telework for eligible candidates residing in California. All telework/hybrid schedules require staff to report to the office a minimum number of days per week. Schedules are subject to change.

Currently, per the California Budget Act of 2025, all California Department of Tax and Fee Administration salaries are subject to the provisions of the State of California’s Personal Leave Program.

This is a re-advertisement of JC-504289. If you previously applied under JC-504289 you would need to re-apply under this new Job Control, JC-517217 in order to be considered.

This recruitment has been posted for more vacancies than currently exist as it may be used to fill additional identical vacancies which occur within 180 days of the closing date of this bulletin.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Final Filing Date: 5/20/2026

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

 

To apply for this job please visit calcareers.ca.gov.