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Database Architects - 15-1199.06

O*NET-SOC Description

Design strategies for enterprise database systems and set standards for operations, programming, and security. Design and construct large relational databases. Integrate new systems with existing warehouse structure and refine system performance and functionality.

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Tasks

  • Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.
  • Create and enforce database development standards.
  • Demonstrate database technical functionality, such as performance, security and reliability.
  • 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.
  • Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability.
  • Develop and document database architectures.
  • Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
  • Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.
  • Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes.
  • Develop or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.
  • Document and communicate database schemas, using accepted notations.
  • Identify and correct deviations from database development standards.
  • Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance.
  • Monitor and report systems resource consumption trends to assure production systems meet availability requirements and hardware enhancements are scheduled appropriately.
  • Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
  • Provide technical support to junior staff or clients.
  • Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes.
  • Test changes to database applications or systems.

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Data Base Design Analyst