• Creates and maintains all databases required for development, testing and production usage.

• Performs the capacity planning required to create and maintain the databases. The Database Administrator works closely with system administration staff because computers often have applications or tools on them in addition to the Oracle Databases.

• Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances.

• Install new versions of the Oracle RDBMS and its tools and any other tools that access the Oracle database.

• Plans and implements backup and recovery of the Oracle database.

• Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes and menu changes through the development life cycle.

• Implements and enforces security for all of the Oracle Databases.

• Performs database re-organizations as required to assist performance and ensure maximum uptime of the database.

• Puts standards in place to ensure that all application design and code is produced with proper integrity, security and performance. The Database Admin will perform views on the design and code frequently to ensure the site standards are being adhered to.

• 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 Database Administrator, along with the application developers and System administrators, to ensure that any new product usage or release upgrade takes place with minimal impact.

• Provides technical support to application development teams. The Database Administrator is usually the point of contact for Oracle RDBMS.

• Enforces and maintains database constraints to ensure integrity of the database.

• Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures.

• Assists with impact analysis of any changes made to the database objects.

• Troubleshooting of problems regarding the databases, applications and development tools.

• Create new database users as required.

• Manage sharing of resources amongst applications.

• The Database Administrator has ultimate responsibility for the physical database design.