Sr. Database Administrator, ProgressionPower up a career with us. At Tampa Electric, dependable electricity starts with dedicated individuals whose talent, skill, and passion drive our success. We've been lighting the way for West Central Florida for more than 125 years—and we're just getting started. Join us and build a rewarding career with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that supports your growth. Your potential finds its purpose at Tampa Electric.
We proudly deliver 99.98% electric service reliability to nearly 860,000 customers across 2,000 square miles of Hillsborough County and parts of Polk, Pasco, and Pinellas counties. Through innovation and strategic investments, we're creating a cleaner, brighter energy future—while delivering exceptional service every step of the way. We reflect the communities we serve and foster a workplace where every employee feels welcomed, valued, and engaged. Join our team of energy experts and help shape the future of power.Tampa Electric and its sister companies serve a role in providing critical services to our community during an emergency. Team members are required to participate in the response/recovery activities related to emergencies/disasters to maintain service to our Tampa Electric customers. Team members are required to work in their normal job duties or other assigned activities.
Proper compensation will be made in accordance with the company's rules and procedures. Responding to storms will be considered a condition of employment.Tampa Electric is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.Position ConceptDesigns, implements, and maintains all components of Database Management Systems (DBMSs). Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring database–related projects and maintenance activities. Develops and implements database strategies that support corporate-wide access to business data.Primary Duties and ResponsibilitiesPerform database-related activities in support of development projects or off-the-shelf software implementations. Identify opportunities to reduce data-redundancy and utilize single sources of data.Support systems development staff in understanding application data requirements and developing logical database models. Convert logical database designs to physical database models and develops the Data Definition Language (DDL) to create appropriate database objects.Implement appropriate database backup and recovery strategies with oversight from more senior DBA staff.
Perform database recovery and restoration as instructed.Provide on-call support to troubleshoot database problems on a twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week basis. Participate with other members of the Database Administration (DBA) staff in ensuring primary and secondary/backup support is always available for critical TECO Energy databases.Perform database monitoring and tuning activities to ensure optimal performance and response time. Provide support to systems development staff (and others performing similar functions outside of IT) in efficient SQL coding techniques for optimum database and application performance.Maintain knowledge of existing and emerging database technologies. Maintain sufficient knowledge of TECO Energy business processes and systems.Participate in upgrades to DBMSs including impact analysis, testing, data conversion, and implementation.Participate in data integration tasks for application-specific data access and data warehousing.Enforce database standards and procedures for primary DBMS products in use at TECO Energy.Maintain requisite knowledge of all standard operating systems in use at TECO Energy necessary to perform the DBA function.