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Database Administrator

Job Description

Database administrators require specialized training to properly optimize and maintain some of the most important data solutions within an organization. Responsibilities include ensuring that database security, availability, and performance satisfy business requirements. To do this, database administrators must be experts in many areas, including archival, data distribution, and the design of high-availability solutions.

Skills

• General
  Database maintenance and management
  Database objects creation and implementation
  Data consumer support
• Beginner
  Database server design
  Data optimization
• Intermediate
  Data distribution and archiving design
  Microsoft SQL Server solution design
  Database security design
  Active Directory configuration and maintenance
• Expert
  Database server deployment and monitoring
  Application and data provisioning planning

Typical required experience

Three to five years

Responsibility scope

60 percent operations, 20 percent engineering, and 20 percent support tasks

Possible role names

• Data storage manager
• Database analyst
• Database designer

Typical next positions

• Server Administrator