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DBA Transformations

Building Your Career in the Transition to On-Demand Cloud Computing and Extreme Automation

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Authors:
  1. Michelle Malcher

    1. Huntley, USA

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  • Confronts the fear of becoming irrelevant by helping DBAs see the tremendous advantages and opportunities for career growth in the face of dramatic industry change

  • Highlights new areas of skill-set focus such as data management, database security, and cloud administration

  • Guides in creating a transformation plan in order to stay relevant and move one's career forward

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Types of DBAs

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Set of Skills

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 13-25

  4. The Future State of Databases

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 27-41

  5. The Database Machine Administrator (DMA)

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 43-51

  6. Cloud Database Administration

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 53-68

  7. Database Security

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 69-82

  8. Data Professionals

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 83-92

  9. The Art of Automation

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 93-98

  10. Change and Cloud Therapy

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 99-108

  11. Creating a Transformation Plan

    • Michelle Malcher
    Pages 109-119

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 121-126
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About this book

Adapt your career as a database administrator to the changing industry. Learn where the growth and demand for DBA talent are occurring and how to enhance your skill set. Creating databases, providing access, and controlling data are no longer the focus. What matters now is managing and monitoring the systems that provide access to users of the data.


This book will help you formulate a plan for development and change to remain valuable in the face of radical new developments around cloud computing, containerized databases, and automation of routine tasks. The playing field is shifting rapidly with the development of technologies and software enhancements that automate and even eliminate many traditional aspects of the DBA job. 


DBA Transformation helps you redirect your attention and skills as a DBA to areas such as design and development of the containers and cloud environments on which automation depends. You will be encouraged to build soft skills as well as to focus on technical pain points such as data security that are of even greater importance now that so much corporate data is in cloud-based systems that are accessible from the Internet at large. 


What You'll Learn
  • Embrace and profit from rapid shifts in the database industry
  • Recognize where growth and demand for talent are occurring 
  • Create a personal transformation plan to help you navigate the changes
  • Pivot your career toward more interesting skills and responsibilities
Who This Books Is For



Working database professionals who are interested in keeping their careers relevant as well as building their careers and making them stronger in the face of dramatic changes that are being driven by trends toward cloud computing and containerization




Authors and Affiliations

  • Huntley, USA

    Michelle Malcher

About the author

Michelle Malcher is a database professional with a vast knowledge in database environments and security developed from her 17+ years in this field. She is a well-known volunteer leader in the database and security communities, with roles as Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG) past president, and as a Fuel Founding board member. Her deep technical expertise from database to development, as well as her senior-level contributions as a speaker, author, Oracle ACE Director, and customer advisory board participation, have aided many corporations spanning architecture and risk assessment, purchasing and installation, and ongoing systems oversight, including large financial institutions. Michelle is currently a security architect for Extreme Scale Solutions.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: DBA Transformations

  • Book Subtitle: Building Your Career in the Transition to On-Demand Cloud Computing and Extreme Automation

  • Authors: Michelle Malcher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3243-9

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Michelle Malcher 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3242-2Published: 08 December 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3243-9Published: 07 December 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 125

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Database Management

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