From ICT system architect to database designer
11 of the 27 essential skills of a database designer are already essential for a ICT system architect — about 41% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 41%
- of the target job covered
- 27
- essential skills of a database designer
What a database designer does
Database designers specify the database's logical structure, processes, and information flows. They design data models and databases to serve data acquisition.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a database designer and not for a ICT system architect. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- create data sets
- create database diagrams
- create software design
- database
- database management systems
- design database scheme
- develop automated migration methods
- ICT security legislation
- information structure
- manage standards for data exchange
- migrate existing data
- operate relational database management system
- perform data analysis
- query languages
- resource description framework query language
- write database documentation
Other moves from ICT system architect
2 roles- knowledge engineer12 skills in common
- data warehouse designer10 skills in common
← ICT system architectdatabase designer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a database designer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.