Database Administrator
Controller Job Description
A database administrator (DBA) is the information technician responsible for directing and performing all activities related to maintaining a successful database environment. A DBA makes sure an organization’s databases and related applications operate functionally and efficiently. A Database Administrator is responsible for managing a company’s internal database. This includes data security, organization, storage, and retrieval. Specialized roles include database designers, performance database administrators, and application database administrators.
Typical duties of a Controller
Roles and Responsibilities:
• A DBA can, and does, assume many different roles and responsibilities within the IT department involving database systems and applications. When adopting a new DBMS, the DBA is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the database system. Often, this includes installing the DBMS and setting up the IT infrastructure to allow applications to access databases.
• The DBA also must establish policies and procedures pertaining to the management, security, maintenance and use of the database management system. The DBA group creates training materials and instruct employees in the proper usage and access of the database management system. When problems arise, the DBA is the focal point for resolution, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, fine tuning and optimizing the performance of tasks and programs that access the database. The DBA is responsible for ensuring that databases and data are backed up appropriately and can be recovered correctly and quickly in the event of failure. Furthermore, the DBA ensures that databases are protected and secured. The DBA enacts measures to maintain the database integrity in terms of data accuracy and makes sure that unauthorized users cannot access the data. The DBA frequently gets pulled into other projects as a subject matter expert on the database. Because databases are at the center of most modern application development projects, the DBA participates in the database integration and use in a variety of IT projects. This exposure to many different technologies and experiences can make the DBA a valuable IT technician not just for database-related issues, but for other technologies as well. Additionally, DBAs must be good communicators. They need to be able to converse and work with application programmers, business end users, IT and business managers and other DBAs.
Essential skills:
• Strong critical thinking
• Problem-solving skills
• Good communication
• Detail orientation
Qualifications: bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, and information security or a related field.