Careers
PERA offers rewarding career opportunities in public service where you can make a positive difference for Minnesota.
Because our agency has a diverse set of responsibilities, we have exciting opportunities for people with a variety of talents and experience. We employ a wide range of professionals and support staff – from customer service specialists, communications and field reps to IT positions, account technicians, and legal.
Disability Coordinator
This position exists to service the agency and ultimately the public by researching, coordinating, and administering assigned programs in the field of pensions. Serving as knowledge expert for internal and external stakeholders the incumbent will:
• Calculate, interpret, and administer disability offsets
• Coordinate and administer all aspects of disability offsets, duty determinations, and disability appeals
• Conduct research, interpret and apply case law to determine agency needs or issues
• Render and document determinations and resolutions
• Identify and recommend changes to procedure, policy, and/or statute
• Present cases at board meetings or other legal hearings
This position also plays a critical role in providing expertise in the identification, planning, creation, and training of process improvement opportunities. As well as working in partnership with staff to assure they are informed and have the necessary knowledge and tools to perform their position to the fullest.
Salary Range: $67,651 - $99,722 annually
Closing Date: 07/06/26
Member Service Representative
This position exists in PERA’s member call center to deliver PERA benefit information and respond to stakeholder inquiries of a routine nature, either by phone, in person or in writing, explaining the PERA benefits and options that will meet their financial goals and needs, and helping them understand the value of retirement planning specific to PERA benefits.
In addition, the incumbent in this position may perform routine and some manual calculations; some calculations will be audited.
Salary Range: $50,070 - $72,432 annually
Closing Date: 07/06/26
Senior Database Administrator
This position exists to provide agency IT leadership by leading, directing, and managing PERA’s database functions while serving on the PERA IT Strategic Team. This position provides work directions and technical guidance to Database Administrator (ITS3) and provides software development team and network team on database-related solutions and recommendations.
Salary Range: $82,956 - $141,816 annually
Closing Date: 07/09/26
Business Intelligence Engineer
The Business Intelligence Engineer exists to provide agency-wide support to management and business users by creating and maintaining architecture for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various sources into a suitable environment for business intelligence. Duties include data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and preparation of data for downstream analysis. Researches and recommends new technologies and tools for managing and automating processes pertinent to business intelligence.
Salary Range: $69,697 - $114,568 annually
Closing Date: 07/09/26