Database Administrator

Administers databases and/or data management systems that allow for the secure storage, query, protection, and utilization of data.
  • Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
  • Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
  • Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
  • Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
  • Knowledge of data administration and data standardization policies.
  • Knowledge of data backup and recovery.
  • Knowledge of data mining and data warehousing principles.
  • Knowledge of database management systems, query languages, table relationships, and views.
  • Knowledge of digital rights management.
  • Knowledge of enterprise messaging systems and associated software.
  • Knowledge of network access, identity, and access management (e.g., public key infrastructure, Oauth, OpenID, SAML, SPML).
  • Knowledge of operating systems.
  • Knowledge of policy-based and risk adaptive access controls.
  • Knowledge of query languages such as SQL (structured query language).
  • Knowledge of sources, characteristics, and uses of the organization's data assets.
  • Knowledge of the characteristics of physical and virtual data storage media.
  • Knowledge of database access application programming interfaces (e.g., Java Database Connectivity [JDBC]).
  • Knowledge of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data security standards.
  • Knowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.
  • Knowledge of Personal Health Information (PHI) data security standards.
  • Knowledge of current and emerging data encryption (e.g., Column and Tablespace Encryption, file and disk encryption) security features in databases (e.g. built-in cryptographic key management features).
  • Knowledge of current and emerging data remediation security features in databases.
  • Knowledge of an organization's information classification program and procedures for information compromise.
  • Knowledge of database theory.
  • Skill in allocating storage capacity in the design of data management systems.
  • Skill in conducting queries and developing algorithms to analyze data structures.
  • Skill in generating queries and reports.
  • Skill in maintaining databases. (i.e., backup, restore, delete data, transaction log files, etc.).
  • Skill in optimizing database performance.
  • Ability to maintain databases. (i.e., backup, restore, delete data, transaction log files, etc.).
  • Analyze and plan for anticipated changes in data capacity requirements.
  • Maintain database management systems software.
  • Maintain directory replication services that enable information to replicate automatically from rear servers to forward units via optimized routing.
  • Maintain information exchanges through publish, subscribe, and alert functions that enable users to send and receive critical information as required.
  • Manage the compilation, cataloging, caching, distribution, and retrieval of data.
  • Monitor and maintain databases to ensure optimal performance.
  • Perform backup and recovery of databases to ensure data integrity.
  • Provide recommendations on new database technologies and architectures.
  • Performs configuration management, problem management, capacity management, and financial management for databases and data management systems.
  • Supports incident management, service-level management, change management, release management, continuity management, and availability management for databases and data management systems.
  • Maintain assured message delivery systems.
  • Implement data management standards, requirements, and specifications.
  • Implement data mining and data warehousing applications.
  • Install and configure database management systems and software.