database administrator
A person responsible for the physical design and management of the database and for the evaluation, selection and implementation of the DBMS.
In most organizations, the database administrator and data administrator are one and the same; however, when the two responsibilities are managed separately, the database administrator's function is more technical. See system development cycle and salary survey.
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| (job) | database administrator - A person responsible for the design and management of
one or more databases and for the evaluation, selection and
implementation of database management systems. In smaller
organisations, the data administrator and database
administrator are often one in the same; however, when they
are different, the database administrator's function is more
technical. The database administrator would implement the
database software that meets the requirements outlined by the
organisation's data administrator and systems analysts.
Tasks might include controling an organisation's data
resources, using data dictionary software to ensure data integrity and security, recovering corrupted data and
eliminating data redundancy and uses tuning tools to improve
database performance. | |