Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Big data archive librarian to database administrator

A big data archive librarian already meets 48% of what the database administrator role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From big data archive librarian
48 % overlap
Partial match
To database administrator
33 You already bring
15 Still to learn
67 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.2/ 100

1 How much of what a database administrator is expected to do is already part of a big data archive librarian’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the database administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A database administrator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a big data archive librarian already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • data models
  • data quality assessment
  • database development tools
  • database management systems
  • design database backup specifications
  • design database scheme

What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A database administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a big data archive librarian background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain database performance working with computers
  • already held design database backup specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain database security working with computers
  • already held MarkLogic information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held TripleStore information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Oracle Relational Database information and communication technologies (icts)

All 33 carried skills, including the 13 the database administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 8 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn administer ICT system required
  • still to learn balance database resources required
  • still to learn define database physical structure required
  • still to learn operate relational database management system required
  • still to learn use an application-specific interface required
  • still to learn use scripting programming required
  • still to learn perform ICT troubleshooting required
  • still to learn use databases required
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT support optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn data storage required
  • still to learn distributed computing required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn system backup best practice required
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
03 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn create data models required
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn apply company policies required
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held support ICT system users optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a database administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 33 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held data models knowledge
  • already held data quality assessment knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held database management systems knowledge
  • already held design database backup specifications skill
  • already held design database scheme skill
  • already held information structure knowledge
  • already held maintain database performance skill
  • already held maintain database security skill
  • already held manage database skill
  • already held perform backups skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held DB2 knowledge
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • already held IBM Informix knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held MarkLogic knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Access knowledge
  • already held MySQL knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held ObjectStore knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • already held Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • already held PostgreSQL knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held SQL Server knowledge
  • already held Teradata Database knowledge
  • already held TripleStore knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held business intelligence knowledge
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held support ICT system users optional
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT support optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
40 held skills the database administrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS Data Management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role creatively use digital technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
  • not needed by the target role digital curation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
  • not needed by the target role digitise documents skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role identify technological needs skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrate ICT data skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain data entry requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT data classification skill
  • not needed by the target role manage archive users guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role manage content metadata skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information access aids skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role normalise data skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write database documentation skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn data storage required
  • still to learn distributed computing required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn system backup best practice required
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a big data archive librarian become a database administrator?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A big data archive librarian already covers 48% of what a database administrator is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 13 of which the database administrator role treats as required.

What skills does a big data archive librarian need to become a database administrator?

15 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is administer ICT system.

How hard is the move from big data archive librarian to database administrator?

Its learning distance is 63.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.