SYBASE DBA

· Establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security;

· monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast query responses to front-end users;

· mapping out the conceptual design for a planned database in outline;

· considering both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users;

· refining the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model;

· installing and testing new versions of the DBMS;

· maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act;

· controlling access permissions and privileges;

· developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans;

· ensuring that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly;

· capacity planning;

· working closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers;