Summary

Tasks

  • Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
  • Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design, and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.
  • Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.
  • Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
  • Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes.
  • Create and enforce database development standards.
  • Develop and document database architectures.
  • Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure.
  • Document and communicate database schemas, using accepted notations.
  • Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance.
  • Demonstrate database technical functionality, such as performance, security, and reliability.
  • Develop or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.
  • Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes.
  • Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.
  • Identify and correct deviations from database development standards.
  • Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
  • Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software.
  • Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.
  • Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculator.
  • Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
  • Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
  • Train users and answer questions.
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.