Oracle DBA Responsibilities

Skills for Top Flight DBAs
Top-level Oracle DBAs demonstrate the following expert knowledge and skills:
1. Relational database management system (RDBMS) concepts, design, and deployment.
2. Designing, developing, and supporting large RDBMS in the Oracle 8i or 9i environments.
3. Mastering Oracle database software for installation, upgrading, and configuration.
4. Installing and managing Oracle Parallel Server (OPS).
5. Concepts and practices on logical and physical database design.
6. Skills for database performance tuning – including server tuning and application tuning.
7. Developing and implementing backup and recovery plans.
8. Writing SQL query scripts and operating system level scripts to monitor database and perform DBA tasks.
9. Writing PL/SQL stored procedures and packages to implement business logic.
10. Using case tools for data modeling, analyzing business rules and creating entity relationship diagram.
11. Using Oracle Enterprise Manager to perform DBA tasks.
12. Using Oracle RMAN to perform backup/recovery tasks.
13. Data Warehouse and data mart physical structures and design.
14. Using ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) tools such as PowerMart / Informatica.
15. Some knowledge and working experience on other databases such as IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL
Server.
16. Fundamental knowledge of operating systems (UNIX, Windows, etc) and networking (TCP/IP, Novel,
Internet, etc.)
17. Knowledge on specific industry – banking, financial, insurance, retail, etc.
How to Obtain Oracle DBA Skills and Experience

There are two kinds of skills in IT – intelligence based skills and experience-based skills. Programming skills,
for instance, are intelligence-based skills that count on your brain cells. On the other hand, DBA skills are
more likely experience based. DBA skills are obtained from the actual work.
If you are in a database related position, you can take advantage of the environment and build these skills
that I listed above. If you have a IT job but it is not directly related to database tasks on the server side,
you may talk to the DBA to give you certain level of access to the database so you can play with it. Most
programmers and developers have enough database privileges that they can use to work and play in order
to gain database server experience.
Even if you don’t have access to Oracle database at work, or don’t work on an IT job at all, you can still get
hands-on skills and experience with Oracle database and market your self as a experienced Oracle DBA for
job switching or re-joining the workforce. All you need is to build an Oracle database environment on your
PC, and then, work, play, create, break, do whatever you like on it. That’s how you get the hands-on
experience.
You can download the fully functional Oracle database software for trail/testing purpose from Oracle
website. Oracle database is available in different editions – Personal, Standard, and Enterprise. You may
start with the Personal Edition that is smaller. If you want to explore more advanced Oracle technologies,
use the Enterprise Edition. Oracle database software can be installed on WindowsNT/2000/XP and Linux. If
your PC is running on Windows 2000 Professional, XP, or Linux, you’ll be able to put Oracle database on it.
You need to become a member of Oracle Technology Network in order to download Oracle software. The
membership is free. You just need to go to http://otn.oracle.com/ to sign up. After you create you account
with user/password, you can go tohttp://otn.oracle.com/software/content.html to download Oracle database
software.
Oracle database software comes with full set documentations in HTML and PDF format. By following the
instructions in the documentation, you should have no problem to install the software, create a database
instance, and start to play with it. Oracle Technology Network provides a lot of useful information to help
you obtain skills and build experience in Oracle database.
Since Oracle is such a popular database, there are tons of technical books and free resources online that you
can use. The following link provides online resources on database related topics.
Online Resources for Database
Oracle DBA Responsibilities

(1) Creates and maintains all databases required for development, testing,
education and production usage.
(2) Performs the capacity planning required to create and maintain the
databases. The DBA works closely with system administration staff because
computers often have applications or tools on them in addition to the Oracle
Databases.
(3) Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances.
(4) Install new versions of the Oracle RDBMS and its tools and any other tools
that access the Oracle database.
(5) Plans and implements backup and recovery of the Oracle database.
(6) Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes

and menu changes through the development life cycle.
(7) Implements and enforces security for all of the Oracle Databases.
(8) Performs database re-organisations as required to assist performance and

ensure maximum uptime of the database.
(9) Puts standards in place to ensure that all application design and code is
produced with proper integrity, security and performance. The DBA will perform
reviews on the design and code frequently to ensure the site standards are
being adhered to.
(10) Evaluates releases of Oracle and its tools, and third party products to
ensure that the site is running the products that are most appropriate.
Planning is also performed by the DBA, along with the application developers
and System administrators, to ensure that any new product usage or release
upgrade takes place with minimal impact.
(11) Provides technical support to application development teams. This is

usually in the form of a help desk. The DBA is usually the point of contact
for Oracle Corporation.
(12) Enforces and maintains database contraints to ensure integrity of the

database.
(13) Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes,

views, sequences, packages and procedures.
(14) Assists with impact analysis of any changes made to the database objects.
(15) Troubleshoots with problems regarding the databases, applications and
development tools.
(16) Create new database users as required.
(17) Manage sharing of resources amongst applications.
(18) The DBA has ultimate responsibility for the physical database design.
The DBA should posses the following skills

(1) A good knowledge of the operating system(s)
(2) A good knowledge of physical database design
(3) Ability to perform both Oracle and also operating system performance
monitoring and the necessary adjustments.
(4) Be able to provide a strategic database direction for the organisation.
(5) Excellent knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery scenarios.
(6) Good skills in all Oracle tools.
(7) A good knowledge of Oracle security management.
(8) A good knowledge of how Oracle acquires and manages resources.
(9) Sound knowledge of the applications at your site.
(10) Experience and knowledge in migrating code, database changes, data and
menus through the various stages of the development life cycle.
(11) A good knowledge of the way Oracle enforces data integrity.
(12) A sound knowledge of both database and program code performance tuning.
(13) A DBA should possess a sound understanding of the business.
(14) A DBA should have sound communication skills with management, development
teams, vendors, systems administrators and other related service providers.

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Skills for Top Flight DBAs

1. Relational database management system (RDBMS) concepts, design, and deployment.

2. Designing, developing, and supporting large RDBMS in the Oracle 8i or 9i environments.

3. Mastering Oracle database software for installation, upgrading, and configuration.

4. Installing and managing Oracle Parallel Server (OPS).

5. Concepts and practices on logical and physical database design.

7. Developing and implementing backup and recovery plans.

9. Writing PL/SQL stored procedures and packages to implement business logic.

11. Using Oracle Enterprise Manager to perform DBA tasks.

12. Using Oracle RMAN to perform backup/recovery tasks.

17. Knowledge on specific industry – banking, financial, insurance, retail, etc.

How to Obtain Oracle DBA Skills and Experience

Oracle DBA Responsibilities

(3) Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances.

(6) Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes

(8) Performs database re-organisations as required to assist performance and

(11) Provides technical support to application development teams. This is

(12) Enforces and maintains database contraints to ensure integrity of the

(13) Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes,

(16) Create new database users as required.

(17) Manage sharing of resources amongst applications.

The DBA should posses the following skills

(2) A good knowledge of physical database design

(4) Be able to provide a strategic database direction for the organisation.

(5) Excellent knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery scenarios.

(6) Good skills in all Oracle tools.

(7) A good knowledge of Oracle security management.

(8) A good knowledge of how Oracle acquires and manages resources.

(9) Sound knowledge of the applications at your site.

(11) A good knowledge of the way Oracle enforces data integrity.

(13) A DBA should possess a sound understanding of the business.

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