State of Maryland

A HCD Database Administrator Trainee is the first level of work in database administration that has no experience or training, but demonstrates an aptitude to perform database design, optimization, and administration for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).  HCD, as a housing finance agency, offers a broad range of financial services that include bond finance, mortgage lending, municipal and small business lending, cashflow loans, tax credit programs and loan servicing, as well as housing voucher and grant administration for community revitalization.  HCD’s commercial partnerships and stakeholders include community and investment banks, sub-services, trustees and bond holders.  HCD's lending and financing programs are inherently time critical, and there are extensive dependencies on personally identifiable information (PII), as well as other sensitive and non-public information.  Employees in this classification do not supervise other positions.

Employees in this classification receive constant oversight for their tasks and assignments.

Positions in this classification are evaluated by using by the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the classification specification.

The HCD Database Administrator Trainee is differentiated from the and HCD Database Administrator I in that that the HCD Database Administrator Trainee has no experience or training in application systems programming but demonstrates an aptitude to perform database design, optimization, and administration system technical assignments only under direction and guidance while the HCD Database Administrator I performs the duties under close supervision.

Shadows more senior employees as they perform a full range of technical duties;

Develops an understanding and proficiency with commodity technologies utilized by agency;

Enables the Department to expediently respond to opportunities and challenges via Information Technology;

Administers and supports multiple databases of varying complexity as impacted by database size, technology, stored procedures and interfaces;

Supports concurrent database users while ensuring control, security, and data integrity;

Develops designs for physical data storage, and also account and security administration;

Implements backup and recovery procedures for database management systems;

Defines database parameters, logical data models, data repository requirements, data dictionaries and warehousing requirements;

Develops strategies for protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) using encryption in transit and at rest;

Deploys new relational database systems, which may be on-premises, or hosted or on the Cloud;

Participates in the development of IT policies, security controls, and disaster recovery;

Performs other related duties.

Limited knowledge of line-of-business programs, their respective missions, and the role of information technology;

Limited knowledge of relational databases and client-server software;

Limited knowledge of SDLC and programming languages;

Limited knowledge of computer operating systems, computer networks, hosted and cloud-based solutions;

Limited skill in using relational database management toolkits, and developing stored procedures;

Limited skill in integrating database accounts with domain accounts, such as via Active Directory;

Limited skill in tuning enterprise databases to achieve optimum performance levels;

Limited skill in delivering solutions and achieving outcomes via Information Technology;

Limited ability to analyze organizational needs, architect business solutions, and monitor/administer systems/software to optimize performance;

Limited ability to use acquired institutional knowledge to achieve organizational efficiencies;

Limited ability to trace and diagnose database performance issues;

Limited ability to develop databases and software according to AGILE practices;

Limited ability to mentor and provide guidance for staff performing data extractions and queries.

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions.  Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is assigned to Bargaining Unit G, Engineering, Scientific and Administrative Professionals classes.  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

This classification is one level in a Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) series.  NCP promotions are promotions by which employees may advance in grade and class level from trainee to full performance levels in a classification series.  In order to be non-competitively promoted to the next level in a NCP series, an employee must: 1) perform the main purpose of the class as defined in the Nature of Work section of the class specification; 2) receive the type of supervision defined in the class specification, and 3) meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.

Director, Division of Classification and Salary