Top 9 Database administrator Jobs in Aurora Co

Database Administrator
Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado —Denver, CO
- $125,000 - $150,000 a year
- Computer Science
- 5 years
- SQL
- Disability insurance
- Dental insurance
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Database Specialist (5-10 years of experience)
Sectra AB —Denver, CO
- $100,000 - $130,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Computer science
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
Database Administrator IV
ModivCare Solutions, LLC —Denver, CO
- $116,700 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- 7 years
- Computer Science
- DevOps
- Paid parental leave
- AD&D insurance
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Cloud Database Administrator (CDA)
CACI —Denver, CO
- $75,200 - $158,100 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- 5 years
- Health insurance
6d
Database Architect Level 2 or 3 (AHT)
Northrop Grumman —Aurora, CO
- $83,400 - $155,400 a year
- Overtime
- Mid-level
- Master's degree
- SQL
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
2d
Sr Systems Security Engineer / Sr. Database & Storage Administrator
Sierra Nevada Corporation —Lone Tree, CO
- $143,487.14 - $197,294.82 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- System design
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
Senior Mainframe DB2 Database Administrator
CVS Health —Denver, CO
- $83,430 - $222,480 a year
- Full-time
- High school diploma or GED
- SQL
- Bachelor's degree
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
SAP Basis/BTP Tech Arch Manager - CMT
Accenture —Denver, CO
- $122,700 - $338,300 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- US work authorization
- Military encouraged
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Database Administrator

Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado
Denver, CO

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Job Details

$125,000 - $150,000 a year
3 days ago

Benefits

Disability insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Vision insurance
Life insurance

Qualifications

Content creation for technical audiences
Database compliance measures
High availability solutions design
Improving system uptime or availability
Database backup and recovery
Data recovery
Database security hardening
Server backup and recovery
Database security management
Database server management
Data access controls implementation
Data backup
Access control management
Managing cloud database deployments
System tuning
Technical writing experience within technology
Cross-functional collaboration
High availability

Full Job Description

About FPPA

The Fire & Police Pension Association was created by legislative mandate in the 1980s. Our leadership team guides us in fulfilling our mission, vision and values while achieving our strategic objectives. We administer a statewide multiple employer public employee retirement system providing defined benefit plan coverage as well as death & disability coverage for police officers and firefighters throughout the State of Colorado.

We are a small association of only 70 staff located in Denver, CO. We work hard and have a culture that supports staff to establish a well‐balanced relationship between their personal needs and work commitments.

Position Summary

The Database Administrator is responsible for the security, performance, availability, and modernization of FPPA's data platforms. This role administers Microsoft SQL Server and Azure based database technologies while supporting the Pension Administration System (PAS) modernization initiative.

The Database Administrator leads data readiness, data quality, and data migration activities associated with PAS implementation and works with business, technical, and vendor teams to prepare data for the future platform. The role also helps advance FPPA's use of modern data technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence by establishing secure, reliable, and trusted data foundations.

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration

Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, and related database environments
Monitor and improve database performance, availability, reliability, and capacity
Perform database tuning, maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting
Develop and maintain database standards, configurations, runbooks, and technical documentation
Manage database access, service accounts, permissions, and privileged administrative activities
Support enterprise applications, reporting, integrations, and production operations

Backup, Recovery, and Resilience

Owns requirements for database backup, restore, recovery, and high availability
Coordinate backup infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and recovery procedures with Dev/Ops and Systems Engineers
Define recovery requirements and validate that database backups are complete, protected, and recoverable
Plan, document, and participate in disaster recovery and restoration testing

Data Security

Lead database encryption and protection of data at rest, including database and backup encryption
Implement and maintain database auditing, access controls, least privilege, and separation of duties
Evaluate database level protections such as Transparent Data Encryption, Always Encrypted, data masking, and column level encryption based on business and security requirements
Coordinate with the Network & Security Analyst on data in transit, certificates, network controls, monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response
Support security assessments, audits, risk remediation, and compliance activities

PAS Data Readiness and Migration

Serve as the technical lead for database and data work supporting PAS modernization
Work through data readiness findings and remediation activities identified by 3rd party oversight vendor and future PAS implementation partners
Assess source data, document data structures and dependencies, and help define data quality rules
Develop or support data profiling, cleansing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and conversion processes
Coordinate with business subject matter experts, Software Development, Quality Assurance, vendors, and project leadership to resolve data issues
Validate the completeness, accuracy, integrity, and traceability of converted data

Data Modernization and AI Readiness

Help establish secure, trusted, governed, and reusable data assets for reporting, analytics, automation, and AI
Support Microsoft data technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure AI services, and approved Copilot capabilities
Improve lineage, data definitions, documentation, and data discovery
Identify practical opportunities to automate database administration, data quality, reconciliation, and monitoring
Apply security, privacy, governance, and human oversight requirements when introducing AI enabled data capabilities

Qualifications Summary

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, data management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Five or more years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience in enterprise environments
Experience administering production databases and supporting high availability, backup, recovery, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
Experience with Azure SQL or related Microsoft Azure data services
Experience implementing database security, encryption, auditing, and access controls
Experience with data migration, conversion, integration, data quality, or ETL/ELT processes
Ability to document technical environments and explain complex data issues to technical and nontechnical audiences
Ability to work across business, technical, governance, security, and vendor teams
Strong organizational and documentation skills
Ability to work independently and within a team environment

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting a large-scale enterprise system implementation or data conversion
Experience in public sector, financial services, pension administration, or another regulated environment
Experience with Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Key Vault, or Azure Monitor
Experience with data governance, metadata management, data lineage, or data cataloging
Experience supporting responsible AI, advanced analytics, or automation initiatives
Microsoft Azure Database Administrator or related Microsoft certification

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $125K ‐ $150K depending upon experience. Includes group medical, dental, vision, 401K, 457, defined benefit though Colorado PERA, life insurance and long‐term disability.

How Do You Apply?

Please complete the form below or send your cover letter and resume to Human Resources, [email protected].

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