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AI database administrator

Administers computer databases and coordinates changes. Resolves performance issues and implements security measures to safeguard information.

Amir Hamdan“I manage database access and train users on the system.”An example character, not a real person.
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Database administrator · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Plan and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files.
  2. Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
  3. Train users and answer questions.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Database Administrators” (O*NET 15-1242.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
  • Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
  • Train users and answer questions.

Database administrator · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apache Spark

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits