Database Administrator 1

Skills Required

Configures and maintains database management systems.

Provides technical expertise to less experienced database administrators

Develops and monitors procedures for maintaining and updating organizational metadata.

Provides technical assistance and consultation to application developers who create and maintain applications using relational database management systems (RDBMS).

Assist technical infrastructure staff in resolving problems between the operating system hardware integration points and the database management system.

Participates in and influences the direction of the overall automation architecture.

Experience Required

2 years of progressively responsible programming experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Duties

Plans, prepares, defines, structures, develops, implements and maintains database systems.

Defines and implements interfaces to ensure that various applications and user-installed or vendor-developed systems interact with the required database systems

Tests, troubleshoots, refines and documents systems; applies quality assurance and security standards to ensure against the loss of data and a minimal interruption of usage in the event of equipment failure

Plans and develops test data to validate new or modified database applications; monitors system performance by the use of appropriate utilities, online capabilities and batch reports

Confers with various technical partners and customers to define functional requirements, perform data modeling and implement final products; resolves errors and interface problems and ensures integrated systems in accordance with development standards * Writes program documentation and user procedures and instructions

Assists user departments and staff in implementing new or modified database applications; tracks and evaluates project and systems progress

Maintains current knowledge of technology and database applications and systems 8 Responsible for SQL jobs and maintenance plans to include backups, restorations, etc. as needed

Education Required

Bachelor`s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science