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Database Administrators and Architects

What They Do:

  • Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
  • Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
  • Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
  • Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
  • Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability.
  • Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.
  • Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.
  • Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
  • Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes.

Source: O*NET (2023)

Sample Job Titles:

  1. Software Engineers
  2. Systems Engineers
  3. DevOps Engineers
  4. Systems Administrators
  5. Software Developers

Outlook in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2022) 8,386
Projected Annual Growth 0.6%
Average Entry Level Salary $83,300
Median Salary $127,500

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
866
Current Workforce
8,386

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

  • Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance)
  • Security Clearance
  • Secret Clearance
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • Master Of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • CompTIA Network+
  • Full Scope Polygraph (FSP Clearance)
  • SAP Certification

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Computer Science
  • Database Administration
  • Data Analysis
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)
  • Agile Methodology
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Warehousing
  • Amazon Web Services

Source: Lightcast™ accessed August 10, 2022

Outlook in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2022) 3,131
Projected Annual Growth 1.1%
Average Entry Level Salary $72,900
Median Salary $125,700

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
4,023
Current Workforce
3,131

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

  • Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance)
  • Security Clearance
  • Secret Clearance
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Top Secret Clearance
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • IAT Level II Certification
  • CompTIA Security+ CE
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • CompTIA Network+

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Computer Science
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Data Analytics
  • Agile Methodology
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Modeling

Source: Lightcast™ accessed August 10, 2022

Outlook in the Richmond, VA MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

Employment (Q1 2022) 3,800
Projected Annual Growth 0.4%
Average Entry Level Salary $59,600
Median Salary $95,900

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
68,695
Current Workforce
8,598

Source: JobsEQ by Chmura, accessed August 20, 2022. Analysis conducted in August 2022 by Greater Washington Partnership. Data above represents job postings from the January 2021-December 2021.

Preferred Certifications

(Entry level jobs requiring a high school diploma, Associate’s degree, and Bachelor's degree)

  • Salesforce Certified Administrator
  • Salesforce Certification
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • Certified Information Security Manager
  • Lean Six Sigma Certification
  • Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
  • Secret Clearance
  • Security Clearance
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Professional Engineer

Top 10 Skills Requested

(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)

  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Computer Science
  • Data Warehousing
  • Agile Methodology
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Data Engineering
  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Data Analytics
  • Microsoft Azure

Source: Lightcast™ accessed August 10, 2022

Largest Employers in the Region:

  1. Amazon
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