DB Administrator Job Description
DB administrator
provides windows/ Unix/ Linux support to include installation and configuration management services, upgrade/ patch management, file system management, memory management, tape management, printer management, and system security services.
DB Administrator Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective DB administrator job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included DB administrator job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Use IMS DB utilities for backup and recovery
Continue sustainment of the unit's operational database, crew functions (that include CRM processes), and training tools contained in PACRAT
Participates as a member of and/or leads IT technical team or teams of support engineers on applications or sub domain
Typically does not manage a budget
You will perform routine DBA tasks like database maintenance, backups, recovery, table space management, upgrades
You will execute periodic health checks for databases and recommend changes that should be executed in the production environment to ensure optimal performance
You will interact and work with multiple infra and IT teams as part of environment setup, maintenance and support
You will work closely with developers, assist them with database structure design as of business needs
You will deal with wide scope of technologies and activities
You will lead products and solutions installation and implementation
DB Administrator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for DB Administrator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, DBA, SP, CC, PMP, MTA
Education for DB Administrator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the DB administrator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Computer Science, Administration, Engineering, Science, Technical, Computer, Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Computing
Skills for DB Administrator
Desired skills for DB administrator include:
IAM technologies and standards
Security and technology standards
Backup and recovery
Data Dictionary and Packages
OS Memory Management
Oracle Memory and Physical Architecture
Semaphores
Change management and release management
Cloud computing
Configuration
Desired experience for DB administrator includes:
Troubleshoot complex systems to identify bottlenecks (SQL, IO, hardware, query related, etc)
Provide production support in time sensitive situations in addition to providing support for multiple high profile applications/projects
B.S.,Computer Science or a related field with five (5) years of experience or M.S., Computer Science or related scientific/technical field with three (3) years of experience
Extensive experience in Oracle 10g and 11g
Five years data warehouse experience
Five years database structure development experience
DB Administrator Examples
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DB Administrator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of DB administrator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for DB administrator
- Provide WebSphere SOA (IBM Broker/IIB, DataPower, WSRR, ) Administration and Engineering Support on multiple OS platforms in a multi-vendor environment
- Develop technical designs and policy/procedure documentation as assigned
- Install and configure MQ, Broker/IIB, DataPower, WSRR and FTE servers/agents
- Manage and patch middleware infrastructure and monitor performance
- Analyse problems and procedures to perform fine tuning to maximize performance
- Deploy new message flows, build MQ queue and channels, manage SSL keys
- Carry out pension administration tasks and calculations accurately and in accordance with internal processes and company policies, adhering to procedures and standards regarding work and conduct
- Draft correspondence and reports
- Check and authorise other administrators work
- Attendance at Trustee and ad hoc client meetings, including new business presentations as required
Qualifications for DB administrator
- Strong experience with business IT applications
- Use professional concepts
- Expected to understand and apply system management, performance timing and troubleshooting techniques
- Has solid foundation in many of the critical IT competencies needed to perform the job
- Document, configure, and implement OEM12c
- Oracle DataGuard install & Admin Security Plus Certification
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of DB administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for DB administrator
- Utilise web functionality for detailed DC transactional processing
- Utilise portal technology for administration automation
- Management of unit reconciliations/lifestyle switches
- Ensure client work is processed in timely manner and within target dates
- Prioritise work to ensure service level agreements are maintained
- Monitor transactional activity for Tariff and Fixed fee clients and ensure regular financial information provided to billing manager to ensure work is invoiced in line with the administration client service agreement accurately and in a timely manner
- Assisting team members as required and provide support to Team Leader /Operations Leader including deputising in their absence
- Deal with non-standard client/member queries
- Carry out such other duties and take on additional responsibilities as may be agreed from time to time
- To ensure timesheets and goal setting are completed in a timely manner
Qualifications for DB administrator
- Two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments, specifically with S3, Spark, Scala, Data Pipelines, Redshift, DynamoDB and/or Aurora
- Solaris – 1yr + experience
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance of Secret
- Knowledge of Oracle dictionary, internals, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, RMAN, Database Control, SQL Developer, and CPUs
- Proficiency with Unix and Windows shell scripting, T-SQL, SQL Query tuning, System level monitoring and tuning, RMAN, Advanced Networking and security features, handling BLOB objects, support of Partitioning and Oracle Text, knowledge of Oracle database replication, standby and Data Guard
- Significant experience as a Middleware Administrator with WebSphere MQ, Broker/IIB, DataPower and WSRR experience
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a DB administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for DB administrator
- Assist with system testing for plan modifications and new plan implementations
- Set up user acceptance test case calculations
- Assist with training and mentoring of new employees
- Handle and support Production and Non production Oracle Databases
- Automate tasks using shell scripts
- Provide overall support and expertise on how best to leverage the Oracle DBMS and related tools and utilities for our test and production needs
- Plan DB environment according to the project needs
- Manage all installation and configurations of customer databases
- Maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers
- Monitoring and managing system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency
Qualifications for DB administrator
- Experience with XML, XPATH and XSLT Transformations, SOAP Validations XML schema
- Experience with Data Power – Load Balancer, SSL and HTTP protocols
- Knowledge of Windows, AIX , and Linux OS operation and administration
- Proficiency in networking for connectivity across WebSphere ESB and Native OS
- Ability to coordinate triage teams for Production issues and resolution
- Define Best Practices for operational support, architecture, delivery, and software deployment with ESB architecture
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Our growing company is looking for a DB administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for DB administrator
- Coordinating installations and providing backup recovery
- Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources
- Design, install, configure, test and maintain middleware web services, database services, application software and management tools
- Manage and monitor installed services
- Proactively ensure the highest level of service availability in a 24/7 production environment
- Provide 3rd level support for middleware web and database services
- Maintain a proactive view on the performance of middleware and database platforms
- Conduct regular performance analysis and tune applications and databases to increase performance
- Enable automation
- Contribute to and maintain system/service standards
Qualifications for DB administrator
- Knowledge of DataPower V6 and above
- Experience migrating to cloud technologies desired
- Use existing processes and IT tools in place for change management, IT alerts)
- Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, log issues, connectivity issues, security issues
- Oracle DBA/DB Developer experience
- At least 3 years of hands on experience in Middleware/Web/Database Administrator positions
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of DB administrator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for DB administrator
- Train 1st and 2nd level support teams
- Maintain topology, inventory and service specification documents
- Provide consultancy and input to solution design, pre-sales, service delivery
- Communicate technical and non-technical information to technical support groups, customer support centers and end-users as required
- Add/delete new users and access rights
- Modify/control underlying Foundation Data
- Modify/Create reports from the BSS constituent tools
- Review system performance logs
- Review Security logs provided by external Security Monitoring services
- Comply with extensive Security controls and policies in accordance with NIST 800-53 and other regulations governing BTFederal operations with the US Government
Qualifications for DB administrator
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer, Electrics/Electronics Engineering or related departments
- Expert in Microsoft IIS and .NET services design, implementation, maintenance, administration and troubleshooting in an enterprise environment
- Expert in Microsoft SQL Database Engine design, implementation, maintenance, administration and troubleshooting in an enterprise environment
- Experience with Microsoft SQL server components such as Analysis Services, Reporting Services and Integration Services
- Experience with Always On Failover Cluster Instances, Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring and Log Shipping
- Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), complex query tuning and schema refinement