Database Administrator Resume Guideline and Example

To apply for database administrator (DBA) position, your resume must demonstrate skills and experience with at least one of the topnotch RDBMS servers, -- Oracle 8i/9i/10g, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, or Sybase ASE.   In current market, Oracle and SQL Server are the most wanted.  In addition, Teradata for very large database (VLDB) and ADABAS for legacy (mainframe) systems make for high demand niche skills.

Database administrator's main job functions include RDBMS software installation and configuration, database server administration, database performance tuning, backup and recovery, and database design and data modeling.  Advanced database skills include data replication, data warehousing and data mart, cluster and grid configurations.  Make sure you resume gets these areas covered.

In current DBA job market, many employers expect database administrators to be involved in application design, sometimes even programming works are required, that's what so called application DBA.  If the DBA position is for support of software development backend, application performance (SQL) tuning is the DBA's duty too.  It is a big plus if you can show some application design and programming skills in resume.

The following database administrator resume example presents strong database skills and experience with major RDBMS platforms such as Oracle.