Oracle Database Administrator

• Oct 2013 - Present

- establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security. - monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users. - mapping out the conceptual design for a planned database. - considering both back-end organisation of data and front-end accessibility for end-users. - refining the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model. - further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements. - installing and testing new versions of the DBMS. - maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act. - writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata). - controlling access permissions and privileges. - developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans. - ensuring that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly. - capacity planning. - working closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers. - communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security. - commissioning and installing new applications and customizing existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose. Show less