Responsibilities:

As a database administrator, you'll need to:

• establish the needs of users and monitor user access and security
• monitor performance and manage parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users
• map out the conceptual design for a planned database
• consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users
• refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
• further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
• install and test new versions of the database management system (DBMS)
• maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
• write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
• control access permissions and privileges
• develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
• ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly
• carry out capacity planning
• work closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers
• communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• commission and install new applications and customize existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
• manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of a database.
• knowledge of EBS (E-Business Suite) is preferring.