Your career after Oracle Database

Oracle Database is a hub of data which is treated as a unit. It is better known as RDBMS or simply as Oracle. It is an object relational database management system, which has been produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation.

Oracle has a good scope in India and in other countries as well. It is one of the best and popular software used in Software companies and if you can do it seriously you will have a great future ahead.

The main purpose of a database is to store and retrieve related information. A database server solves the problems of information management. The database server prevents unauthorised access and provides efficient solutions for failure recovery. It is the first database designed for enterprise grid computing. It is one of the most flexible and cost-effective way to manage information and applications.

Oracle is basically made up of a set of processes running in the operating system. These processes manage how data is stored and how it can be accessed. Every Oracle database needs to be optimised and maintained by expert Oracle database administrator.

How to create a database:

• Configuring the operating system
• Privileged account authentication
• Creating a parameter file
• Creating a database
• Creation commands
• Post creation actions
• Data dictionary management

Eligibility criteria:

Although anyone is eligible to appear for the Oracle DBA program, but below mentioned is recommended for the target audience:

• Students and Professionals who already have prior exposure to Computer Science concepts and programming
• Students who have attained their bachelors' degree or more in an engineering/computer science/IT discipline.
• Students and Professionals who have at least an associate/diploma certificate in Computer Science/IT
• Professionals who already have work experience in a Computer Science/ IT field and want to change their careers to become an Oracle Database Administrator
• Organizations who want to provide Oracle DBA training to their employees

Career Prospects

Being a certified Oracle database administrator can lend you many jobs. US offer encouragingly high salaries for DBAs and Senior DBAs. The average annual salary is more than $100,000 in the USA. The role one can apply for is building and scaling databases for future data growth and capacity. They are also responsible for security, performance and availability of data to users and customers.