Database design DBDS

Specifying, designing and maintaining mechanisms for storing and accessing data.

Activities may include — but are not limited to:

designing operational databases
designing on-premise or cloud-based databases
defining physical or virtual data warehouse structures required to support machine learning, business intelligence or data analytics services
designing operational data stores to integrate data from multiple sources to support data pipelines and enable additional operations on the data.

Levels

Defined at these levels:

This skill is not typically observed when working at these levels of responsibility.

Interprets installation standards to meet project needs and produces database or data warehouse component specifications.

Develops appropriate physical database or data warehouse design elements, within set policies, to meet data requirements.

Implements physical database designs to support transactional data requirements for performance and availability.

Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architectures, software and facilities.

Assesses proposed changes to object/data structures and evaluates alternative options.

Implements data warehouse designs that support demands for business intelligence and data analytics.

Provides specialist expertise in the design characteristics of database management systems or data warehouse products/services.

Provides expert guidance in the selection, provision and use of database and data warehouse architectures, software and facilities.

Ensures that physical database design policy supports transactional data requirements for performance and availability.

Ensures that data warehouse design policy supports demands for business intelligence and data analytics.

This skill is not typically observed when working at these levels of responsibility.