Database administration is the function of managing and maintaining database management systems (DBMS) software.  Jefferson County employees a relational database management system (RDBMS) that supports a wide variety of transaction processing,

business intelligence and analytics applications in enterprise IT environments.

Functions of this group:

• Installation, configuration and upgrading of Database server software and related products.
• Evaluate Database features and Database related products.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Take care of the Database design and implementation.
• Implement and maintain database security.
• Database tuning and performance monitoring.
• Application tuning and performance monitoring.
• Plan growth and changes (capacity planning).
• Work as part of a team and provide 24x7 support when required.