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Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)

National Salary
$41.93 hourly, $87,220 annually

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Education
Associates 41%, Bachelor’s 26%

Job Tasks

• Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve work flow.
  
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
  

• Develop, document and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
  

• Provide staff and users with assistance solving computer related problems, such as malfunctions and program problems.
  

• Review and analyze computer printouts and performance indicators to locate code problems, and correct errors by correcting codes.
  

• Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
  

• Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.
  

• Read manuals, periodicals, and technical reports to learn how to develop programs that meet staff and user requirements.
  

• Coordinate and link the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility and so information can be shared.
  

• Determine computer software or hardware needed to set up or alter system.
  

• Supervise computer programmers or other systems analysts or serve as project leaders for particular systems projects.
  

• Assess the usefulness of pre-developed application packages and adapt them to a user environment.
  

• Analyze information processing or computation needs and plan and design computer systems, using techniques such as structured analysis, data modeling and information engineering.
  

• Define the goals of the system and devise flow charts and diagrams describing logical operational steps of programs.
  

• Train staff and users to work with computer systems and programs.
  

• Recommend new equipment or software packages.
  

• Use object-oriented programming languages, as well as client and server applications development processes and multimedia and Internet technology.
  

• Prepare cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation.
  

• Use the computer in the analysis and solution of business problems, such as development of integrated production and inventory control and cost analysis systems.
  

• Specify inputs accessed by the system and plan the distribution and use of the results.
  

• Interview or survey workers, observe job performance or perform the job to determine what information is processed and how it is processed.
  

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Occupation Details

Projected Growth
Faster than average (9% to 13%)

National Salary
40.84 hourly, $84,950 annually

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Education
Bachelor’s 77%

Job Tasks

• Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
  
• Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
  

• Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
  

• Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
  

• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
  

• Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.
  

• Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
  

• Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
  

• Review procedures in database management system manuals for making changes to database.
  

• Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.
  

• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
  

• Train users and answer questions.
  

• Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.
  

• Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems such as the installation of new databases.
  

• Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.
  

• Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software.
  

• Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database.
  

• Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculator.
  

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