Plans, develops, configures, maintains and supports an organisation’s database management system in accordance with user requirements ensuring optimal database integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance.

Skill Level

1

Alternative Titles

• Database Operator
• Database Specialist
• Database Support
• DBA

Specialisations

• Database Analyst

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Database Administrator is Australian Computer Society (ACS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Four application types available for Migration purposes
  • Pathway A – Temporary Graduate (TG)
    • For graduates that have completed an Australian Bachelor degree or higher. This is a qualification only skills assessment and can only be used to apply for a subclass 485 visa
    • Your degree must be an ICT major and closely related to your nominated occupation. You are not required to have worked in the field.
  • Pathway B – Post Australian Study (PAS)
    • For graduates that have completed an Australian Bachelor degree or higher and would like a skill assessment for migration purposes in general. Relevant ICT employment or completion of an ACS Professional Year program is required.
    • You will require an Australian bachelor’s degree or higher with a major in ICT which is closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO) plus one of the following requirements for a suitable skills assessment:
      • 1 year of relevant work experience completed after the completion date of the relevant Australian degree, or
      • Completion of an ACS Professional Year Program
    • Pathway C – Skills
      • This is a general skills assessment application to assess tertiary ICT qualifications and ICT employment
      • You will require a Qualification comparable to AQF Bachelor Degree or Higher with an ICT Major +2 years experience in the last 10 years; OR
      • Qualification comparable to AQF Bachelor Degree or Higher with an ICT Minor + 5 years experience in the last 10 years; OR
      • Qualification comparable to AQF Diploma or Vendor Certification + 5 years experience in the last 10 years
    • Pathway D- Recognition of Prior Learning
      • For applicants who hold qualifications with insufficient or no ICT content, or applicants who do not hold any ICT qualifications.
      • You will require Non ICT Qualification comparable to AQF Diploma or Higher + 6 years relevant work experience; OR
      • No tertiary qualification – work experience only + 8 years relevant work experience

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For the skills pathway, if your degree/diploma is not closely related to your occupation or your work experience is not in the last 10 years, you will be required to show more relevant work experience. (e.g. 4 years instead of 2 years)

plan, develop, maintain, manage and administer organisations’ database management systems, operating systems and security policies and procedures to ensure optimal database and system integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance.

Tasks

• designing and maintaining database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all data master files
• performing the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls
• implementing and administering database documentation, guidelines, policies and procedures
• testing database systems and upgrades, such as debugging, tracking, reproduction, logging and resolving all identified problems, according to approved quality testing scripts, procedures and processes
• accepting responsibility for the processes, procedures and operational management associated with system security and disaster recovery planning
• liaising with security vendors, suppliers, service providers and external resources; analysing, recommending, installing and maintaining software security applications; and monitoring contractual obligations, performance delivery and service level agreements
• troubleshooting and providing service support in diagnosing, resolving and repairing server-related hardware and software malfunctions, encompassing workstations and communication infrastructure
• preparing and maintaining documentation, policies and instructions, and recording and detailing operational procedures and system logs
• ensuring that the design of computer sites allows all components to fit together and work properly, and monitoring and adjusting the performance of networks
• continually surveying the current computer site to determine future network needs and making recommendations for enhancements in the implementation of future servers and networks

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 262111 Database Administrator
• 262112 ICT Security Specialist
• 262113 Systems Administrator