DBA's are Database
Administrators. They play a
large role in maintaining
mission critical systems for
organizations.
Typical responsibilities of
our DBA's include :
ensuring that the database(s) are updated accurately and regularly;
controlling security access, performance monitoring and tuning;
assisting development staff with application design;
identifying and resolving users'
problems;
developing and implementing maintenance procedures; archiving / backup of
data;
collaborating in the design and development of databases to meet new user
needs and respond
to/anticipate
facilitating and negotiating the increasing demand for access to data -
increasingly via an
organization's intranet or
website;
devising, developing and implementing disaster recovery and archiving
procedures;
supporting users by talking them through a search or by customizing the
front ends to incorporate
new fields for
data entry;
capacity planning;
working closely with IT project managers and database programmers;
liaising with web developers to enable on-line database access and
resolve associated problems;
planning and co-ordinating database security measures;
communicating regularly with internal technical, applications, and
operational staff, to ensure
the database integrity
and security;
commissioning and installing new applications;
Monitoring up-time and
response time. |