Junior Database Administrator

Job Description

Junior Database Administrator | 32BJ Benefit Funds

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at 32BJ Benefit Funds, an organization dedicated to administering health, pension, retirement savings, training, and legal benefits for over 185,000 SEIU 32BJ members. The company manages $11 billion in assets, ensuring high-quality benefits and services through a commitment to flexibility, initiative, respect, sustainability, and teamwork. This Junior Database Administrator position is a developmental role, crucial for supporting the daily operations, modernization, and migration of critical database environments, thereby contributing to the organization’s mission and its members’ well-being.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified
• Pay: $90000–$100000 yearly
• Team: IT Infrastructure Department, Reports to Manager, DevOps, partnering with Senior Database Administrator
• Mission: Provide day-to-day operational support for on-premises and cloud database environments while building enterprise database administration experience.
• Tech Stack: M365, Dynamics 365 CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O, Azure, AWS, SQL, Snowflake, QlikView, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support Database Operations: Assist with the administration and support of Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, and potentially PostgreSQL environments.
• Maintain Database Health: Perform routine maintenance tasks including backups, restores, monitoring, performance tuning, and health checks to ensure availability and reliability.
• Facilitate Modernization: Participate in database migrations from legacy platforms, support system modernization efforts, and gain exposure to Azure data services and DevOps workflows.
• Ensure Security & Compliance: Assist with user access provisioning, enforcement of least-privilege permissions, encryption configuration, vulnerability remediation, and evidence collection for audits.
• Collaborate and Document: Work closely with DevOps, development, and infrastructure teams, contribute to automation, and maintain system documentation and operational procedures.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience, with a working knowledge of relational databases.
• Experience: 1–3 years in IT operations, systems administration, application support, or database support, including familiarity with database backup, restore, and monitoring tools, and database security fundamentals.
• Skills: Basic SQL proficiency, strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills, and experience working with ticketing systems and IT service management processes in Windows or Linux server environments.
• Bonus: Exposure to Azure SQL or other cloud-based database platforms, exposure to PostgreSQL or interest in supporting open-source databases, basic understanding of data integration or ETL concepts, experience working in Agile or DevOps environments, or Microsoft, Azure, or database-related certifications.