Database Administrator

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General Requirements

  • A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations.
  • Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
  • Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree, but some do not (source: O*NET).
  • About 28% of workers in this occupational category have some college or less; 19% have some college (Source: BLS).

Note: Suggested pre-requisites for the MCITP certificate listed below is three or more years dedicated to database work, which may include two or more of the following phases in the product life cycle: design, development, deployment, optimization, maintenance, or support. Experience using Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Coordinate changes to computer databases, test and implement the database applying knowledge of database management systems.
  • May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.

Sample Job Titles

Database Administrator (DBA), Database Analyst, Database Coordinator, Database Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Systems Manager.

Education and Credentials

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