How to Become a Database Administrator
Do you love to work with facts, putting them into the correct order? Do you use your lunch hour to devour the latest in technology from industry magazines and reports? If all of this is true, you're ready to start toward becoming a database administrator. When you become a database administrator, you know the database inside and out. Since you are the "go to guy," if someone comes up and asks, "can I do" you have an immediate answer. Here is the way to go about it.
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Things You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems
- Certification in the database
- Ready understanding of logic, math, and computer functions
Instructions
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Get a job working in IT at a company that interests you and uses the database software you are familiar with.
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Familiarize yourself with the database and operating system you use. This will include taking specific continuing education courses in the operation, design and implementation of your database. Search out and find DBA books that pertain to the database running on the appropriate operating system.
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Let your company's management know you want to become the database administrator. Show them you are ready by doing excellent work.
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Take care of any maintenance and administrative tasks as they come up including backups and security.
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Act in the capacity of the IT person when it concerns the database.
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Ensure that only authorized users have access to the database. Different users will have different levels of access. Tracking this is critical to the company.
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Continue this process and the powers that be will realize not only that you are interested in becoming a database administrator, but that you are made for the job.
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