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AI database analyst

Administers and tests computer databases. Coordinates changes to resolve performance issues and implements security measures to safeguard information.

Ella Martinez“I test programs or databases and correct errors.”An example character, not a real person.
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Database analyst · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
  2. Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorised damage.
  3. Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
Where these come from

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

  • Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
  • Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
  • Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.

Database analyst · 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