Bring your Data Administration experience to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin!

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is an independent state agency that is responsible for regulating more than 1,100 Wisconsin public utilities, which provide electric, natural gas, combined water and sewer utilities, and certain aspects of local telephone service to households and businesses throughout the state! The PSC of Wisconsin ensures safe, reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible utility services and equitable access to telecommunications and broadband services.

The PSC is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of vacation to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $35/month for single plans and $87/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.

This position works as a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator( IS Data Services Professional or Senior) and requires education, knowledge, and/or experience in database maintenance and administration. This position is responsible for securing agency data and databases, data recovery, and data integrity in multiple environments including development, user acceptance testing and production.

We are a small team and our Database Administrator(DBA) has a breadth of responsibilities. You will work with our application development staff on security, complex SQL statements, SQL jobs, database design, and database code review and implementation. You will work with our data analyst on the creation, population and maintenance of the agency operational data store and data warehouse, and the implementation of reporting tools.

As a DBA, you will provide technical support for the management, control, tuning, design, upgrade and installation of Microsoft SQL Server databases. You will help review and verify the technical feasibility and integration of new database technologies and hardware migration.

This position will be filled at the Professional or Senior level, depending on qualifications.

To review the full position description, email Hannah Robarge at hannah.robarge@dot.wi.gov.

The IS Data Services Professional position is in schedule-range (07-35) with an annual salary of $52,000-$68,640, plus excellent benefits.The IS Data Services Senior position is in schedule-range (07-34) with an annual salary of $60,320-$81,120, plus excellent benefits A twelve month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check.

The Public Service Commission is a registered participant in the federal work authorization program commonly known as E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all employees hired on or after June 18, 2015.

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is unable to sponsor work visas for new hires. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Certain positions within this Department may allow remote/work from home flexibility for a portion of their work schedule, depending on the needs of the position and the work unit. This topic and any remote work flexibility that may be available will be discussed in more detail in the interview process. For permanent positions that allow remote work flexibility, Wisconsin residency is not required. However, it is not anticipated that working outside of Wisconsin (or bordering cities) will be allowed because positions may at times need to report to office locations in Wisconsin on short notice.

All state employees must report their COVID vaccination status, whether vaccinated or not and provide supporting documentation if vaccinated. Newly hired employees will be required to submit this information within their first two weeks of employment. The State of Wisconsin continues to follow necessary health and safety protocols for COVID. Please visit Division of Personnel Management Coronavirus - COVID-19 (wi.gov) for the most up-to-date information. Guidance may be subject to change.

Qualified applicants will have experience with all the following:

• Experience writing transactional SQL statements.
• Education, training, or experience necessary to implement and maintain database security and/or user access.
• Education, training or experience with database development and/or design
• Education, training or experience with database backup and/or recovery procedures.

Candidates at the senior level will have experience in the following:

• Experience troubleshooting technical issues involving internally written software and/or database systems
• Training or experience creating and managing databases in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
• Experience in SQL script or stored procedure development

Apply online! To apply, click “Apply for Job” to start the application process. Then, you will access your existing account or to create a new account if you don’t have an account. Once you are logged in, click “Apply for Job.” Follow the steps outlined in the application process and submit your application.

Your application materials are very important parts of your application and are used during our evaluation process to determine your qualifications as they relate to the job. For instructions on how to develop and what should be included in these materials, click here. For more information on the basics of the selection process and how the State of WI ensures fair and equitable treatment of all applicants, click here. The vast majority of applicants are able to outline their background and experience in their resume in 1-3 pages. Any resumes submitted with more than 10 pages will not be considered after page 10. If this job posting requires a letter of qualifications, the same limit applies.

Permanent classified state employees who are eligible for consideration (transfer or voluntary demotion) should complete the application process as described above by the stated deadline.

Submitted materials will be evaluated by a panel of job experts and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Questions can be directed to Hannah Robarge at 608-755-0753 or hannah.robarge@dot.wi.gov.

The deadline to apply is 11:59 PM CT on Monday, March 27th.