Database Administrators
Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. Identify, investigate, and resolve database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
- Tasks
- 18 tasks15 core, 3 supplemental
- Family
- Computer & MathematicalOne of its 38 occupations
- Code
- 15-1242.00SOC 2018: 15-1242
What the work is made of
15 core tasks and 3 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.Core taskTask 1299Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 2. Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.Core taskTask 1301Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 3. Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.Core taskTask 21649Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 4. Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.Core taskTask 1305Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 5. Test changes to database applications or systems.Core taskTask 21651Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 6. Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.Core taskTask 1300Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 7. Train users and answer questions.Core taskTask 1303Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 8. Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.Core taskTask 21650Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 9. Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases.Core taskTask 1302Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 10. Develop standards and guidelines for the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.Core taskTask 1298Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 11. Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions.Core taskTask 1313Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 12. Develop data models describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template, or computer software.Core taskTask 1306Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 13. Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production databases.Core taskTask 1311Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 14. Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance.Core taskTask 21648Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 15. Review procedures in database management system manuals to make changes to database.Core taskTask 1309Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 16. Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.Supplemental taskTask 1312Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 17. Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.Supplemental taskTask 1314Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 18. Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.Supplemental taskTask 1315Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2023
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 15-1242
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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