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Database Architects

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

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

Supplemental Tasks Include:

Train users and answer questions.

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