Database Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION

This candidate must have at least 8 years of experience in this field.

• Directs programmers and analysts to make changes to database management system.
• Reviews and corrects programs.
• Answers user questions.
• Confers with coworkers to determine the impact of data base changes on other systems and staff cost for making changes to data base.
• Modifies database programs to increase processing performance referred to as performance tuning.
• Provides assistance in the planning development maintenance and monitoring of integrated database systems and ensures that the conceptual and design phases of new applications are consistent with the structural parameters within the database environment.
• Evaluates users requests for new data elements and systems incorporates them into the existing shared data environment and provides technical assistance.
• Coordinates the use of data to ensure data integrity and control redundancy loads databases and reorganizes as needed.
• Performs data modeling and prototyping.
• Performs logical and physical data modeling designs relational database models and creates physical data models from logical data models.
• Maintains data dictionary ensuring uniformity of definitions and sets standards for use of data dictionary.
• Creates test database environment for applications section including the creation of necessary libraries and procedures.
• Assists in the selection of database management software.
• Experience in computer systems analysis or computer programming work.
• Knowledge of the principles practices and techniques of computer programming and systems design; of computer operations systems and procedures; of project control and cost estimating techniques; of computer programming languages; of data processing flowcharting techniques; of database structures and theories; and of current database technologies.
• Ensures that user interfaces for database administration and inputting viewing outputting data (via reports) are compliant with accessibility standards.
• Provides support to users in obtaining data / information when EIR Accessibility issues arise.