Occupation Atlasdatabase administrator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8c57af09-719c-42b3-be40-6ed4946236cc
database administrator
Database administrators test, implement and administer computer databases. They use their expertise in database management systems to plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases. They also use scripts and configuration files to tailor a database to users' needs.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CIEConventional · Investigative · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.61
- I Investigative4.83
- E Enterprising2.94
- R Realistic2.83
- S Social2.29
- A Artistic1.20
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Database Administrators (15-1242.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (28)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- administer ICT system
- apply company policies
- balance database resources
- create data models
- data models
- data quality assessment
- data storage
- database development tools
- database management systems
- define database physical structure
- design database backup specifications
- design database scheme
- distributed computing
- domain name service
- information structure
- interpret technical texts
- maintain database performance
- maintain database security
- manage database
- operate relational database management system
- perform ICT troubleshooting
- perform backups
- query languages
- resource description framework query language
- system backup best practice
- use an application-specific interface
- use databases
- use scripting programming
Optional (39)
- DB2
- Filemaker (database management systems)
- IBM Informix
- LDAP
- LINQ
- MDX
- MarkLogic
- Microsoft Access
- MySQL
- N1QL
- ObjectStore
- OpenEdge Database
- Oracle Relational Database
- PostgreSQL
- SPARQL
- SQL Server
- Teradata Database
- TripleStore
- XQuery
- business intelligence
- data engineering
- design database in the cloud
- estimate duration of work
- execute ICT audits
- implement ICT security policies
- implement a firewall
- implement anti-virus software
- manage cloud data and storage
- online analytical processing
- protect personal data and privacy
- provide ICT support
- provide technical training
- quality assurance methodologies
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- support ICT system users
- use automatic programming
- use back-up and recovery tools
- use different communication channels
- use spreadsheets software
O*NET equivalents
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