Database Careers

Job Title

Description

Sample Skills Required

Database Developer

Create and maintain database-based applications

Programming, database fundamentals, SQL

Database Designer

Design and maintain databases

Systems design, database design, SQL

Database Administrator

Manage and maintain DBMS and databases

Database fundamentals, SQL, vendor courses

Database Analyst

Develop databases for decision support reporting

SQL, query optimization, data warehouses

Database Architect

Design and implementation of database environments (conceptual, logical, and physical)

DBMS fundamentals, data modeling, SQL, hardware knowledge, etc.

Database Consultant

Help companies leverage database technologies to improve business processes and achieve specific goals

Database fundamentals, data modeling, database design, SQL, DBMS, hardware, vendor-specific technologies, etc.

Database Security Officer

Implement security policies for data

administration

DBMS fundamentals, database administration, SQL, data security technologies, etc.

Cloud Computing Data Architect

Design and implement the infrastructure for next-generation cloud database systems

Internet technologies, cloud storage technologies, data security, performance tuning, large databases, etc.

Data Scientist

Analyze large amounts of varied data to generate insights, relationships, and predictable behaviors

Data analysis, statistics, advanced mathematics, SQL, programming, data mining, machine learning, data visualization