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Re: DBA Job Description, anyone?

From: Doris Jetz <yeer_at_cadvision.com>
Date: 1995/06/12
Message-ID: <3rhjl4$159i_at_huey.cadvision.com>#1/1 







In article <3rg5cg$11a3_at_echo.i-link.net>, under_paid_at_high_stress.com says...



::::Originally,  whitney_at_en.com (Nancy C. Whitney) wrote:
 


::::I need to put together a job description for an Oracle DBA. Does
::::anyone have a job description for such a position?
 


:::In article <3rb38o$9op_at_ns2.glf.com>, rmccalli_at_glf.com replied...
 


:::Under paid, over worked, high stress, blamed for everything that goes 
:::wrong including loose nuts behind keyboard.
 


::THEN, whitney_at_en.com (Nancy C. Whitney) said:
 


::You must be slow, ineffective, and screw up a lot if that is the 
::way your job is!
 

::I do not need a job description for that sort of DBA. I need a
::job description for a senior level DBA who is competent and 
::professional.
 




::As for you - get back to work and quit doing strange things with your
::nuts behind the keyboard.
 


:::Nancy
 


:Hey Nan,
 

:Loosen the bun in your hair; remove that tight girdle; take a break; DO 
:SOMETHING but please--get a grip!!!  Clearly >>YOU<< are over worked and 
:much too stressed out to miss the *obvious* humor in that reply.  I'm sure 
:every DBA who read the reply laughed as most (all?) have felt that way at 
:least once in their careers.





Hey, I thought it was pretty funny...


and I haven't been a DBA that long...


and haven't felt that way ... YET!



I think this is what you might be looking for.  I got it from a presentation a member of our local 
Oracle Users Group did a while back.  It will vary from shop to shop depending on the 
number of people in the IS department and how the responsibilities are divided up but I think it 
is a good guideline:



What services does a DBA provide?



    
  
  •   Software Installation and Maintenance
  
  •   Sottware License Management
  
  •   Software Migration and Propagation
  
  •   Automated Operations
  
  •   Configuration Management
  
  •   Object Creation and Maintenance
  
  •   Space Management
  
  •   Capacity Planning
  
  •   Backup and Recovery
  
  •   Security
  
  •   Integrity
  
  •   Technical Consulting and Training
  
  •   Performance Tuning
  
  •   Performance Monitoring
  
  •   Technical Standards and Guidelines
  
  •   Problem Management
  
  •   Availability and Fault Management
  
  •   Data Transfer and Data Conversion
  
  •   7x24 On-call Support
  
  •   Technical Vision (what's coming next ie. Parallel Processing, Symmetric Replication)






Hope THIS helps



Doris Jetz


yeer_at_cadvision.com
Received on Mon Jun 12 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST












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