OSCA occupation

271231 Database Administrator

Plans, designs, configures, maintains and supports an organisation's database management system in accordance with user requirements, ensuring optimal database integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance.

Major group: 2 Professionals
Unit group: 2712 Database and Systems Administrators
Edition: OSCA 2024
Skill level: Level 1

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Official ANZSCO correspondence

ANZSCO 262111 Database Administrator Exact correspondence in the ABS table

Role overview

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Occupation facts

Skill level: 1
Major group: 2 Professionals
Sub-major group: 27 ICT Professionals
Minor group: 271 Cyber Security Professionals and Database and Systems Administrators
Unit group: 2712 Database and Systems Administrators

Tasks

Designs and implements database structures to optimise system performance and data storage efficiency
Monitors and optimises database performance using various techniques such as indexing and fine-tuning queries
Implements and maintains security protocols to protect databases from unauthorised access or breaches
Performs regular data backups and recovery tasks to ensure data integrity and availability
Coordinates database updates and migrations, including database software installation, configuration and patch management
Develops disaster recovery plans to protect data from any potential loss or corruption

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Related occupations

271232 Systems Administrator

Industry context

Alternative titles

DBA
ICT Database Manager

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Compare OSCA 271231 with related occupations

Compare roles in the same OSCA unit group by their official definition, skill level, tasks and recognised alternative titles.

Comparison point	Current code271231 Database Administrator	271232 Systems Administrator
Official role definition	Plans, designs, configures, maintains and supports an organisation's database management system in accordance with user requirements, ensuring optimal database integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance.	Plans, develops, installs, troubleshoots, maintains and supports an operating system and associated server hardware, software and databases, ensuring optimum system integrity, security, backup and performance.
Skill level	Skill Level 1	Skill Level 1
Key tasks	Designs and implements database structures to optimise system performance and data storage efficiency Monitors and optimises database performance using various techniques such as indexing and fine-tuning queries Implements and maintains security protocols to protect databases from unauthorised access or breaches Performs regular data backups and recovery tasks to ensure data integrity and availability	Installs, configures and maintains server hardware, software, operating systems and databases infrastructure Diagnoses and resolves hardware, software and network connectivity issues to ensure uninterrupted system operation Conducts regular system backups and recovery procedures, ensuring data safety and integrity Facilitates IT infrastructure changes through change management processes, in accordance with organisational protocols
Alternative titles	DBA ICT Database Manager	ICT Systems Manager

Comparison uses occupation definitions, skill levels, tasks and title variants from the ABS OSCA data files.

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271231Database Administrator
271232Systems Administrator

Official source

Official source: ABS OSCA 2024 release and correspondence tables
Last reviewed: 2026-04-17

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