What Duties Would a Junior DBA Have?

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What Duties Would a Junior DBA Have?

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February 2, 2009 at 6:22 pm

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hi DBAs,
I'm a Oracle and SQL Server 2005 DBA for my employer. I have been asked to list some of the skills that a *Junior* DBA position would require.
Anyone care to throw out your ideas?
Thanks, John

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004432 More actions · Answer 1

John Bates (2/2/2009)
hi DBAs,
I'm a Oracle and SQL Server 2005 DBA for my employer. I have been asked to list some of the skills that a *Junior* DBA position would require.
Anyone care to throw out your ideas?
Thanks, John

Yep... it changes with every company... scan through the job descriptions at the following link:

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-junior%20dba

Also, keep in mind that, sometimes, "Junior DBA" is like saying "Full Fledged DBA... at a lower pay rate." 😉

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sqlagentman SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4484 More actions · Answer 2

Many times this means "all those duties the Senior DBAs don't want to perform". If I were you I'd plan on a wide scope of work. After reviewing the previous link I would suggest you pose the question back to your employer to garner an idea what they interpret the position to be.

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majorbloodnock SSCrazy Eights Points: 9389 More actions · Answer 3

Personally, I'd start by making a list of all the duties that fall to your company's whole DBA team, then simply remove the ones you wouldn't think appropriate to leave for a junior DBA to do unaided.

My general opinion is that the only real definable difference in duties is that, in potentially awkward situations, a junior DBA is expected to ask questions to be on the safe side, whilst a senior DBA is expected to answer those questions (or research the answer) and take the responsibility if they get it wrong.

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