Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

Licenses or Certifications:

THE DEPARTMENT MAY CLOSE THIS JOB POSTING AT ANY TIME AFTER 7 DAYS.

The Financial Services Department serves as a trusted steward of public resources with integrity and accountability to ensure a fiscally sound city.

Position Overview

This position will be within the City’s Financial Services IT group, which is responsible for the management and support of the City’s financial, payroll, and timekeeping systems, databases, internal and external web applications, desktop, and network support. This position will require the applicant to work cohesively in a teleworking team environment. Supporting custom applications and interfaces. Also, supporting the central payroll, timekeeping, and financial and accounting applications. This position is eligible for teleworking with approval.

Ninety (90) day provision for additional vacancy

When the same or an additional vacancy occurs within a department in the same job title within 90 days after the start date of the top candidate, the hiring department may offer the additional position to another candidate from the same candidate pool.

Application Instructions and Top Candidate Requirements

• A detailed and complete Employment Application is required.

• Resume and Cover Letter are required and will not be accepted in lieu of a complete online Employment Application.

• Employment history dates on resume should match online Employment Application.

• Employment history dates must include month and year. Please include contact information from previous employers.

• Candidates will be subject to a skills assessment.

• The candidate selected for this position may be required to provide proof of education.

• This position will require a pre-employment Criminal Background Investigation.

Travel

If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

Working with the City of Austin provides a number of health and wellness benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities and more. Please click HERE for more information.

Preferred Experience:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Create databases and database objects, such as tables, indexes, views, triggers, and stored procedures

• Load databases, reorganize as necessary, and assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving operational and performance related database issues

• Execute the procedures necessary to save, retrieve, and recover databases from hardware and software failures

• Configure and implement database network connectivity working with the required technical teams

• Ensure data integrity, and data security

• Maintain data standards, prepare and develop database documentation, procedures, and definitions for data dictionaries

• Create test database environment for applications section, including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures

• Assist with the installation of database software and with analyzing, designing, and implementing databases

• Assist with designing and maintaining database structures

• Assist in developing and implementing standards.

Responsibilities- Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.