Database Administrator

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics / Information, Computing and Digital Systems / Data Engineering and Big Data Platforms

Manages, secures, and optimises organisational databases to ensure availability, integrity, and high performance.

Career Overview

Growth Outlook: High

Database administrators install, configure, monitor, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases. They manage backups, indexing strategies, user permissions, security protocols, replication setups, performance tuning, and disaster recovery procedures. They collaborate with developers, BI teams, and data engineers to ensure stable data environments for mission-critical applications. DBAs work across telecom, banking, healthcare, logistics, government, and SaaS systems. As data volumes grow and cloud-based databases expand, professional database management remains vital worldwide.

Top Skills

  • SQL tuning
  • Backup/restore
  • Security
  • Monitoring
  • Replication
  • Data recovery

Education Pathway

  • 12th Science
  • Bachelor’s in CS/IT
  • Master’s in Database Management/Information Systems
  • Vendor certifications (Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB)

Suggested UG Degrees

  • BSc Computer Science
  • BSc IT

PG / Advancement Options

  • MSc Database Systems
  • MSc Information Systems

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Also Known As

  • DBA
  • Database Operations Engineer
  • SQL Server Administrator
  • Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL DBA