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Orange County Government · 4 hours ago

Database Administrator

Orlando, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$49/hr - $63/hr

5+ years exp

Orange County Government is seeking a Database Administrator who will design, create, and maintain computerized databases while ensuring data quality and appropriate use. The role involves monitoring, tuning, and resolving database issues, as well as supporting AI data infrastructure and applications.

Government Administration

Hiring Manager

Austin Smith

Responsibilities

Responsible for the installation and upgrades for database systems

Monitors and tunes relational databases

Designs and develops complex databases with technical teams. Helps technical staff resolve relational database issues and problems

Assists new project development utilizing relational databases and Operations staff with database backups and restores as needed

Provides on-call support as needed

Maintains current technology expertise

Performs other related duties as assigned

Designs and manages vector database infrastructure (Azure AI Search, Pinecone, PostgreSQL pgvector) for semantic search and AI retrieval applications across county departments

Builds and maintains document processing pipelines that ingest county documents (PDFs, Word files, policies, procedures) and convert them to AI-ready formats using chunking, embedding generation, and indexing

Implements and optimizes Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems that enable AI models to answer questions using county-specific knowledge bases and documentation

Develops data quality monitoring and evaluation systems to measure AI retrieval accuracy, identify stale or conflicting information, and maintain knowledge base integrity

Administers traditional relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) that support AI applications, including backup/restore, performance tuning, and security configuration

Implements data governance and access controls for AI data including role-based permissions, audit logging, and compliance with public records requirements as well as provide on-call support as needed

Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Database administrationSQL ServerPostgreSQLETL/data pipeline developmentData governanceVector database technologiesPython scriptingPowerShell scriptingData quality monitoringSemantic searchRAG architectures

Required

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science or closely related field and five (5) years experience with recent database administration, monitoring, tuning and problem resolution

Database administration with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar enterprise RDBMS

ETL/data pipeline development and data engineering

Understanding of data governance and security in government/regulated environments

Vector database technologies (Azure AI Search, Pinecone, pgvector)

Python or PowerShell scripting