Database Administration
Database Administration is an individual-contributor career path within Enterprise IT & Infrastructure. Professionals progress from guided execution to independent delivery, senior problem solving, cross-team leadership and enterprise-level expertise without requiring people management.
- Arquetipo
- Engineering
- Nivel más alto
- L7 · Distinguished Database Administration Professional
Para qué existe
Enables the organization to deliver reliable outcomes in database administration by building progressively deeper expertise, judgment, ownership and business impact.
Responsabilidades típicas
Execute discipline-specific work; apply professional standards; solve increasingly complex problems; collaborate with stakeholders; improve quality and efficiency; share expertise; at senior levels, shape practices and decisions beyond the immediate team.
Dónde se trabaja
Common in Enterprise IT & Infrastructure teams across technology companies, shared-services organizations, consulting firms, multinational operations and other employers that require database administration capability.
Cómo avanza la carrera
Associate Database Administration Professional → Database Administration Professional → Senior Database Administration Professional → Staff Database Administration Professional → Senior Staff Database Administration Professional → Principal Database Administration Professional → Distinguished Database Administration Professional
Niveles de esta carrera
Seis etapas estándar. La séptima existe solo donde la carrera la contempla.
- L1Associate Database Administration Professional
- L2Database Administration Professional
- L3Senior Database Administration Professional
- L4Staff Database Administration Professional
- L5Senior Staff Database Administration Professional
- L6Principal Database Administration Professional
- L7Distinguished Database Administration Professional
Nivel distinguido opcional. No todas las carreras llegan acá.
Qué se espera en L5 · Senior Staff Database Administration Professional
Principal-level authority; shapes standards, methods, architecture or operating practice across a function/domain. The focus is successful individual contribution at this stage, not people management.
Las cinco dimensiones que cambian
- Autonomía
- Defines approaches and exercises significant professional judgment.
- Alcance
- Major domain, platform, portfolio or business capability.
- Complejidad
- Highly complex/systemic problems.
- Influencia
- Influences leaders and sets domain direction.
- Impacto en el negocio
- Strategic domain outcomes and durable organizational capability.
- Ambigüedad
- High; often defines the problem as well as the solution.
Cómo se ve un buen desempeño
Senior Staff Database Administration Professional consistently demonstrates the expected autonomy and judgment for L5, delivers outcomes appropriate to the scope of the role, applies required Human, Professional and Technical skills at the mapped proficiency, and produces evidence of impact rather than relying on tenure alone.
Evidencia típica
Completed work with measurable quality/outcome; stakeholder feedback; examples of problems solved and decisions made; reusable artifacts or improvements; demonstrated skill proficiency; mentoring/influence evidence at senior levels.
Habilidades esperadas en L5
Agrupadas en humanas, profesionales y técnicas. La proficiencia meta usa la escala P1–P7, y cada fila dice qué significa ese nivel para esa habilidad.
Humanas21
| Humanas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| AccountabilityExecution & Self-Management | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Active listeningCommunication & Language | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| AdaptabilityExecution & Self-Management | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Clear verbal communicationCommunication & Language | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Clear written communicationCommunication & Language | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| CollaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Continuous learningExecution & Self-Management | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Critical thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Cross-functional collaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Decision makingThinking & Problem Solving | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Executive communicationCommunication & Language | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Influencing without authorityInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| ProfessionalismEthics & Professional Conduct | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Stakeholder alignmentInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Strategic thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Structured problem solvingThinking & Problem Solving | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Time managementExecution & Self-Management | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Giving constructive feedbackCommunication & Language | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Knowledge sharingCollaboration & Relationships | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| MentoringCollaboration & Relationships | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| NegotiationInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
Profesionales12
| Profesionales | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| IT asset management practiceIT Service Management & Governance | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| IT service financial managementIT Service Management & Governance | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Requirements documentationBusiness Analysis & Requirements | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Requirements elicitationBusiness Analysis & Requirements | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Resource managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Schedule managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Scope managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Service request managementIT Service Management & Governance | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Status reportingProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Technical debt managementIT Service Management & Governance | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Traceability managementBusiness Analysis & Requirements | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Use case modelingBusiness Analysis & Requirements | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
Técnicas11
| Técnicas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud monitoringCloud Platforms | P5AdvancedCentral | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Cloud networkingCloud Platforms | P5AdvancedCentral | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Google Cloud PlatformCloud Platforms | P5AdvancedCentral | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Google Cloud StorageCloud Platforms | P5AdvancedCentral | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Google Workspace administrationEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Microsoft 365 administrationEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| ServiceNow administrationEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| SlackCollaboration & Productivity Tools | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| VirtualizationNetworking & Infrastructure | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Wi-Fi networkingNetworking & Infrastructure | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
| Enterprise monitoring toolsEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P4ProficientDe apoyo | Handles complex situations, adapts methods and guides peers in the skill. |
Qué cambia al pasar de L5 a L6
Moving from Senior Staff Database Administration Professional to Principal Database Administration Professional means demonstrating sustained performance at a larger scope with greater autonomy, complexity, influence and business impact—not simply spending more time in role.
Cómo se demuestra que ya estás
Repeatedly performs key aspects of Principal Database Administration Professional before promotion; demonstrates the required skill increases; handles systemic, novel and high-consequence challenges.; receives credible stakeholder evidence; shows measurable outcomes at the next-level scope.
Cómo prepararse
Take stretch assignments at the next-level scope; deepen the listed skill gaps; seek feedback from experienced practitioners; document measurable outcomes and decisions; mentor/share knowledge where appropriate; pursue relevant learning or certification when it strengthens capability.
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Marco de carreras v21, activo desde 17 de agosto de 2026.