Database Administrator Internship Jobs in Florida

Requisition No: 880581 

Agency: Department of Revenue

Working Title: SYSTEMS PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 73003313

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 73003313 

Salary:  $66,500.04 - $73,500.00 / annually 

Posting Closing Date: 08/11/2026 

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Florida Department of Revenue

Information Services Program

Systems Project Administrator - SES

Tallahassee

If you have a desire to use your talent and skills at an organization that provides critical services to millions of individuals, businesses and families across the state, the Florida Department of Revenue invites you to apply to become an essential member of our team. We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and providing employment opportunities to veterans and individuals who have a disability. To learn more about the Department of Revenue's excellent array of benefits, including career training, tuition waivers, paid vacations, insurance, and retirement programs, visit our website.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Information Services Program is seeking a qualified technology leader to serve as a Systems Project Administrator supervising the Database Administration team. This position leads database and enterprise data services that support the performance, security, availability, recovery, reporting, analytics, and operational reliability of mission-critical systems used by Department employees, citizens, and business partners.

The selected candidate will lead DBA team activities, establish priorities, coordinate workload, mentor staff, and ensure database and data-platform work is completed through controlled, repeatable, well-documented, and audit-able practices. This role combines technical expertise, strategic planning, operational discipline, and people leadership to support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms; strengthen backup, recovery, performance, reliability, security, compliance, data governance, reporting, automation, and sustainable data management processes; and partner with application teams, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity, production control, analysts, data owners, business areas, and management to resolve issues, align services with business needs, and advance modernization initiatives across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate will have a strong database or enterprise data platform background, experience leading technical teams, and a commitment to customer service, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and practical innovation. The candidate should be able to translate business and technical needs into clear direction, manage competing priorities, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, document decisions and processes, and lead staff through complex support, project, audit, data quality, reporting, and modernization activities in a secure production environment.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  

• Work experience that demonstrates at least one year of preparation to lead database, enterprise data platform, or related operational technology services.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

• Relevant education, training, certification, military service, internship experience, project work, or related work experience may be used to satisfy all or part of the one-year minimum requirement when directly related to leading database, enterprise data platform, or related operational technology services.
• Qualifying background may include leading, supervising, coordinating, or directing technical staff, database staff, systems support staff, application support staff, data services staff, or cross-functional technology work; prioritizing assignments, tracking deliverables, mentoring staff, managing service requests, coordinating incidents, supporting accountability, or reporting technical work status; database administration, enterprise data platform support, SQL/database concepts, reporting, business intelligence, analytics, data extracts, data workflows, application data support, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, cloud databases, hybrid data platforms, database availability, security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, performance, monitoring, controlled change, validation, audit readiness, compliance, reliability improvement, technical coordination, business requirements documentation, technical work planning, support procedures, operational process improvement, data governance, data quality, data ownership, or data stewardship.

PREFERENCES:

Preference may be given to applicants who demonstrate job-related knowledge, skills, or abilities in one or more of the following areas:

• Supervising or leading database administration, application support, infrastructure support, data support, analytics/reporting, or enterprise technology teams.
• Establishing priorities, balancing operational and project work, tracking assignments, mentoring staff, reviewing work products, supporting accountability, or reporting status to management.
• SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, cloud database platforms, data warehouses, data lakes, ETL/ELT, data integration, job scheduling, or managed data platform services.
• Database availability, security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, performance, monitoring, controlled change, validation, compliance, audit readiness, or reliability improvement.
• Data governance, data ownership, data stewardship, data quality, data classification, documentation standards, or repeatable data-support services.
• SQL, stored procedures, database objects, query troubleshooting, data extracts, data movement, reporting datasets, automation, scripting, reporting, dashboarding, Power BI, Tableau, SSRS, or comparable analytics tools.
• Documenting standards, support procedures, decisions, technical findings, remediation plans, project artifacts, operational metrics, audit evidence, or executive and status updates.
• Coordinating work across DBAs, developers, business areas, cybersecurity, production control, infrastructure, reporting, data owners, or management stakeholders.
• Database, SQL, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Oracle, data governance, project management, technical leadership, supervision, ITIL, service management, audit/compliance, cybersecurity, or related education, training, or credentials.

SPECIAL NOTES:

• This position is located in Tallahassee, FL.

SALARY: The tentative salary for this position is $70,000.08 annually.

BENEFITS: Benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance, life insurance, tuition waivers, paid sick and personal leave, paid parental leave, 10 paid holidays annually, retirement savings, and vision and dental insurance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

CONTACT INFORMATION: Deepika Boddepalli, (850) 717-7550, Deepika.Boddepalli@floridarevenue.com.

SCREENING DISCLAIMER: Your responses to qualifying questions must be verifiable by skills and/or experiences you stated on your candidate profile and/or resume.

SKILLS VERIFICATION TEST OR ONLINE SKILLS ASSESSMENT:  If you meet the minimum job requirements, we might require you to take a skills verification test or an online skills assessment to be considered for an interview.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: You will be required to undergo a National Level-2 criminal background check which requires you to provide your fingerprints.

WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS: The Department of Revenue does not hire individuals who require H-1B visa sponsorship to work in the United States. Candidates who require H-1B visa sponsorship will not be considered for this position. Candidates who require participation in the STEM Optional Practical Training (STEM OPT) program must possess a qualifying STEM degree that is directly related to the duties of this position, in accordance with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations.

REMINDER: Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website at http://www.sss.gov.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.