Database Architect

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Design and optimize databases to enhance business efficiency and data security.
Shape the future of data management by building scalable and reliable systems.
Collaborate with tech experts to integrate innovative solutions into data structures.

💰 Earn $130K-$195K

📚 Bachelor Degree

⏱️ 24–48 MONTH TRAINING

📈 10.8% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

Design strategies for enterprise databases, data warehouse systems, and multidimensional networks. Set standards for database operations, programming, query processes, and security. Model, design, and construct large relational databases or data warehouses. Create and optimize data models for warehouse infrastructure and workflow. Integrate new systems with existing warehouse structure and refine system performance and functionality.

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.

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Minimum Education

Bachelor Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Job Openings

4,200 Annually

Median Earnings

$162,250 in California

$134,700 Nationally

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YOU Like 💕

Influencing or leading others
Thinking and problem solving
Using data or completing tasks

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Programming
Reading Comprehension

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Accomplishing things
Having freedom
Job security

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Database Architect

Explore career pathways, key skills, and what each role has to offer.

Pathways to this Career

Learn about the education and training paths that can lead to this career — and what to expect from each one.

Associate's Degree

An associate's degree typically provides graduates with foundational knowledge and skills for entry-level jobs in the graduate's industry, or serves as a stepping stone towards further education.

🎓 College

⏱️ FINISH IN 2-3 years

Bachelor's Degree

A bachelor's degree typically results in increased knowledge about a variety of academic subjects, specialized knowledge in a focused field of study, and is considered the foundational qualification for many careers.

🎓 College

⏱️ FINISH IN 4-5+ years

Hybrid College

A hybrid college combines online learning with the student support typically offered on college campuses, giving students flexibility and accessibility while still providing a comprehensive educational experience.

🎓 College

⏱️ FINISH IN 2-5 years

Vocational School

A vocational school typically equips students with specialized skills and practical training in specific trades or occupations, enhancing their employability and providing direct pathways to relevant careers.

🎓 Skills-Focused

⏱️ FINISH IN 6 months - 2 years

Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship typically offers a combination of hands-on training and classroom instruction, leading to practical skills, industry-specific knowledge, and the potential for long-term employment in a specific trade or profession.

🎓 Paid Work

⏱️ FINISH IN 2-5 years

Professional Upskilling

Professional upskilling typically results in acquiring new or enhanced skills and knowledge relevant to a participant's current job or desired career path, leading to improved job performance, opportunities for career advancement, and greater employability.

🎓 Skills-Focused

⏱️ FINISH IN 1 week - 3 months