Career as Database administration
A database administrator builds and maintains custom databases to meet the specific data needs of a company or organization. Databases streamline the data-entry process by making data in like fields similar in format, which is essential in accessing and sorting data more efficiently. A database administrator is the architect who sets up the back-end and front-end of a database. A database administrator plays an important role in a company or organization that uses a database to keep track of data. Computer careers such as this have additional opportunities now that many systems are housed online.
Job Profile
- Establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security;
- Monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users;
- Mapping out the conceptual design for a planned database;
- Considering both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users;
- Refining the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model;
- Further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements;
- Installing and testing new versions of the DBMS;
- Maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act;
- Writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata);
- Controlling access permissions and privileges;
- Developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans;
- Ensuring that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly;
- Capacity planning;
- Working closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers;
- Communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security;
- Commissioning and installing new applications and customizing existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose.
Skills required
- Communication Skills.
- Knowledge of Data base theory.
- Knowledge about RDBMS itself.
- Knowledge about Structured Query Language(SQL).
- General understanding of distributed computing architectures.
- General understanding of the underlying operating system.
- General understanding of storage technologies.
- General understanding of routine maintenance, recovery, and handling failover of a database.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Technical Industries
- Medical Industries
- Education Industries
- Manufacturing Industries
- Information Technology Industries
Earnings
- Range of typical starting salaries: $42,930 per year
- Data Administrator with experience will get $77,080 to $118,720
Recruiting Companies
- Cognizant
- Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
- Greywood Associates..
How do I get there?
Option 1:
- ME Computer and Communication
- M.Tech Network Communication and Security.
- MS Computational Linguistics
- Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering.
Pathway Courses
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