data centre operatortodatabase administrator
A data centre operator already meets 46% of what the database administrator role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
65.6/ 100
1 Share of the database administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the data centre operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A database administrator role treats 12 of its required skills as things a data centre operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- administer ICT system
- balance database resources
- data models
- data storage
- database development tools
- database management systems
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A database administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a data centre operator background worth leading with.
- already held maintain database performance working with computers
- already held balance database resources working with computers
- already held maintain database security working with computers
- already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
All 32 carried skills, including the 12 the database administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held define database physical structure required
- required, not held operate relational database management system required
- required, not held perform backups required
- required, not held use an application-specific interface required
- required, not held use scripting programming required
- required, not held perform ICT troubleshooting required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held use automatic programming optional
- optional, not held provide ICT support optional
- optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- required, not held distributed computing required
- required, not held domain name service required
- required, not held information structure required
- required, not held system backup best practice required
- optional, not held MarkLogic optional
- optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
- optional, not held TripleStore optional
- optional, not held online analytical processing optional
- optional, not held data engineering optional
- required, not held design database backup specifications required
- required, not held design database scheme required
- optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
- optional, not held support ICT system users optional
- optional, not held provide technical training optional
- required, not held create data models required
- required, not held interpret technical texts required
- optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- required, not held data quality assessment required
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
- required, not held apply company policies required
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a database administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create data models skill · sector specific
- 02 data quality assessment knowledge · sector specific
- 03 define database physical structure skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- already held administer ICT system skill
- already held balance database resources skill
- already held data models knowledge
- already held data storage knowledge
- already held database development tools knowledge
- already held database management systems knowledge
- already held maintain database performance skill
- already held maintain database security skill
- already held manage database skill
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
- already held use databases skill
- already held DB2 knowledge
- already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
- already held IBM Informix knowledge
- already held LDAP knowledge
- already held LINQ knowledge
- already held MDX knowledge
- already held Microsoft Access knowledge
- already held MySQL knowledge
- already held N1QL knowledge
- already held ObjectStore knowledge
- already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
- already held PostgreSQL knowledge
- already held SPARQL knowledge
- already held SQL Server knowledge
- already held Teradata Database knowledge
- already held XQuery knowledge
- already held implement a firewall skill
- already held implement anti-virus software skill
- already held use back-up and recovery tools skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held MarkLogic optional
- optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
- optional, not held TripleStore optional
- optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
- optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held online analytical processing optional
- optional, not held support ICT system users optional
- optional, not held use automatic programming optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held data engineering optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
- optional, not held provide ICT support optional
- optional, not held provide technical training optional
- optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
- optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
17 held skills the database administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
- not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role develop automated migration methods skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ICT server skill
- not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
- not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
- not needed by the target role use ICT ticketing system skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held data quality assessment required
- required, not held distributed computing required
- required, not held domain name service required
- required, not held information structure required
- required, not held system backup best practice required
- optional, not held MarkLogic optional
- optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
- optional, not held TripleStore optional
- optional, not held online analytical processing optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held data engineering optional
- optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.