
Database Administrators
Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:
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Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information. |
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes. |
Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications. |
Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure. |
Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems, such as the installation of new databases. |
Train users and answer questions. |
Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculator. |
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database. |
Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software. |
Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs. |
Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project. |
Review procedures in database management system manuals for making changes to database. |
Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations. |
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database. |
Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management. |
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions. |
Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records. |
Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary. |
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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.
INSTITUTION NAME | CITY | INSTITUTION TYPE | PROGRAM TITLE | AWARDS | HOURS |
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Wichita State University | Wichita | Public | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BS | 120 |
Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology | Wichita | Public | COMPTIA SECURITY+ CERTIFICATION | Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CCOMP | 3 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BS | 124 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | COMPUTER SCIENCE CERTIFICATE | Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma(< 1 academic year) - CERT | 14 |
Butler Community College | El Dorado | Public | CYBER SECURITY | Associate Degree - AAS | 60 |
Butler Community College | El Dorado | Public | CYBER SECURITY | One-year Technical Certificate - CERT | 30 |
Seward County Community College | Liberal | Public | COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS | One-year Technical Certificate - CERT | 30 |
Seward County Community College | Liberal | Public | COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS | Associate Degree - AAS | 64 |
Emporia State University | Emporia | Public | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BS | 120 |
Cowley Community College | Arkansas City | Public | SSD - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONS/APP DEVELOPMENT, DATABASES & APPLICATIONS | One-year Technical Certificate - CERT | 39 |
Cowley Community College | Arkansas City | Public | SOFTWARE, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT | Associate Degree - AAS | 62 |
Cowley Community College | Arkansas City | Public | SSD - SECURITY/APP/GAME DEVELOPMENT | Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CERT | 18 |
Washburn University | Topeka | Public | COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BS | 120 |
Washburn University | Topeka | Public | COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BA | 120 |
Washburn University | Topeka | Public | COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE | Associate Degree - AA | 62 |
University of Kansas | Lawrence | Public | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Bachelor Degree - BS | 128 |
University of Kansas | Lawrence | Public | INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTING | Bachelor Degree - BS | 125 |
Johnson County Community College | Overland Park | Public | DATA ANALYTICS | Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CERT | 27 |
National American University - Garden City | Garden City | Private | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EMPH COMPUTER SECURITY & FORENSICS | Bachelor of Science - BS | 0 |
National American University - Garden City | Garden City | Private | COMPUTER SECURITY | Associate of Applied Science - AAS | 0 |
Vatterott College - Wichita Campus | Wichita | Private | INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY | Diploma - CERT2 | 0 |
Grantham University | Lenexa | Private | CYBER SECURITY | Bachelor of Science - BS | 0 |
Grantham University | Lenexa | Private | ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY | Certificate - CERT | 0 |
Grantham University | Lenexa | Private | CYBERSECURITY CONCEPTS | Certificate - CERT | 0 |
Park University | Kansas City | Private | INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - COMPUTER SCIENCE | Bachelor of Science - BS | 0 |
Park University | Kansas City | Private | INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - DATA MANAGEMENT | Bachelor of Science - BS | 0 |
Centriq Training | Leawood | Private | IT PROFESSIONAL ANUUAL PASS PROGRAM | Certificate - CERT | 0 |
Centriq Training | Leawood | Private | SECURITY + CERTIFICATION UPGRADE | Certificate - CERT | 0 |