Job Requisition ID: 50561
Closing Date: 10/22/2025
Agency: Illinois Board of Higher Education
Class Title: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE - R5031
Salary: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $80,000-max $100,000/yr
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
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Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
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Please note that the Illinois Board of Higher Education must verify proof of higher education for any degree earned (if applicable) before any offer can be extended.
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About the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE)
IBHE has been supporting higher education in Illinois for more than 50 years.
We are a dedicated team of professionals, overseen by a Board appointed by the Governor, who are working for a strong, equitable higher education system, which we believe is essential for the state to thrive.
We work with leaders in colleges, universities, state and federal government agencies, governors, legislators, and other entities to strategically further this mission.
In its strategic plan, A Thriving Illinois: Higher Education Paths to Equity, Sustainability, and Growth, IBHE has identified three goals and 25 strategies to help achieve its vision of a higher education ecosystem that ensures individuals, families, and communities across the state thrive.
About the position:
The Database Administrator is responsible for maintaining, supporting, and securing the software tools used for database modeling, designing development and relational database management systems, supporting software for the products, reviewing and providing technical assistance and advice on database and application design, and administering, monitoring and maintaining the database management systems and databases within the systems.
This is a covered position under the State Universities Civil Service System.
IBHE offers the state’s competitive employee benefits .
Serves as Database Administrator, supporting the Agency in performing complex professional and advisory functions, performing business requirements analysis, workflow analysis, and working with users to write functional specifications:
1.
High school diploma or equivalent.
2.
Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months) from the following categories:
-College coursework which includes Information Technology (IT), IT Management, Programming, IT systems, or a closely related discipline, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
Associate’s Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
Bachelor’s Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)
-Work experience in IT-related functions, such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or closely related field
Position reports to the IT Systems Manager.
There are no direct reports to this position.
Work Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm Mon-Fri
Work Location: 1 N Old State Capitol Plz Springfield, IL 62701-1323* IBHE is based in Springfield, IL, however, a hybrid or remote work schedule may be available.
Illinois residency is required.
Travel within Illinois is expected, as required by the work.
Agency Contact: IBHE Human Resources
Email: HumanResources@ibhe.org
Phone #: (217) 782-2551
Posting Group: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
The main form of communication will be through email.
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