Database Administrator

Description

The Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the administration, maintenance, security, and performance of all enterprise databases supporting casino gaming systems, racetrack systems, financial applications, and non-gaming business platforms. This position ensures high availability, data integrity, regulatory compliance, and proper access control in accordance with internal controls and gaming regulatory requirements. The DBA collaborates with IT, Operations, Finance, Compliance, and vendor partners to support mission-critical systems across a 24/7 gaming and racing environment.

• Administers and maintains enterprise databases for gaming systems, racetrack wagering systems, slot management, table games, cage applications, hotel/POS platforms, and business applications.
• Monitors database health, performance, storage capacity, uptime, and security, ensuring optimal speed and reliability across all properties.
• Designs, implements, and maintains backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery strategies in accordance with regulatory, security, and business-continuity requirements.
• Ensures compliance with state gaming regulations (e.g., OCCC), internal controls, audit standards, and data-handling requirements for gaming and racing systems.
• Performs database updates, tuning, patching, upgrades, schema changes, and data migrations while minimizing operational downtime.
• Creates and manages roles, permissions, access control, and security profiles to ensure only authorized access to regulated data.
• Works closely with IT Security to enforce cybersecurity standards, including encryption, auditing, logging, and vulnerability remediation.
• Troubleshoots database errors, application issues, and data integrity concerns in partnership with system owners and vendors.
• Develops and maintains documentation including database schemas, data flow diagrams, maintenance schedules, and configuration records.
• Supports reporting and analytics needs for Finance, Cage, Slots, Table Games, Racetrack, Compliance, Surveillance, Marketing, and operational departments.
• Assists during internal audits, external audits, regulatory inspections, technology reviews, and ICS compliance assessments.
• Ensures database changes follow proper change-management, testing, and validation protocols.
• Provides on-call support in a 24/7 gaming and racing environment and assists with major IT projects, integrations, and system installations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Job Specifications

Education, experience, skills required, equipment used.

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Five or more years of applicable experience in database administration or equivalent technical experience; associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, or a combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or comparable database platforms.
• Experience working with gaming industry systems preferred (CMS, SMS, TITO, racetrack tote systems, cage/credit systems, POS, financial applications).
• Understanding gaming technology regulatory requirements, OCCC rules, PCI-DSS, data privacy, and internal control standards.
• Proficiency in backup/recovery strategies, performance tuning, indexing, high-availability solutions, and disaster-recovery planning.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical users.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced 24/7 environment, handle multiple priorities, and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
  
  

Certification Requirements

Is this position responsible for selling, serving, or distributing alcoholic beverages or do they have comp authority? N/A

Gaming License Required? TBD

Other Certifications? TBD

Note: This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive. It may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

The Company is committed to achieving full equal opportunity without discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, national origin, politics, marital status, physical disability, age or sexual orientation or any other status protected by law. We welcome the strength of diversity in our workforce.

Requirements

PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL & OTHER REQUIREMENTS of the position with or without accommodation. Indicate the type of physical effort which is essential to the successful performance of this job:

• standing
• lifting 20 lbs
• observing
• turning
• walking
• bending/stooping
• carrying 20 lbs
• balancing
• sitting
• pushing 20 lbs
• kneeling
• hearing
• climbing
• reaching
• pulling 20 lbs
• stretching
  
  

Indicate any other requirements which are essential to the successful performance of this job:

• Ability to communicate on the telephone (hearing)
• Ability to understand technical manuals
• Ability to speak English
• Ability to work amicably with co-workers
• Ability to write legibly in English
• Ability to learn tasks in a reasonable amount of time
• Ability to read instructions and numbers in English
• Ability to follow supervisor's instructions
• Ability to complete tasks with numerous interruptions
• Regular attendance at meetings with both internal team members and external parties as appropriate, which may include enclosed office spaces and/or outdoor field site locations. Supervisor positions may include conducting and leading meetings.
  
  

Please note this section is for the sole purpose of complying with the ADAAA " Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act" and is not to be construed to include all team members employed in each job classification. The Employer reserves the right to change the requirements of each job as changes in business and/or technology dictate.