Database Administrator resume keywords
What a database administrator resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.
Also covers: Dba, Database Engineer, Sql Dba, Oracle Dba, Database Developer.
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Skills and keywords
These are the terms most consistently used to screen database administrator applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.
Example bullets
Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.
- Managed N production databases totalling N TB at N% uptime.
- Cut slow-query count N% through indexing and query rewrites.
- Ran disaster-recovery drills restoring N TB within a N-hour RTO.
Verbs that signal ownership
Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”: