January 28, 2016 at 8:30 am
Hi all,
I have a general question to ask
I'm a production DBA, Looking at the job market, I saw lots of jobs require SSIS exp, Is this a new trend that DBA need to know SSIS package development ?
Please let me know, thanks
Dave
January 28, 2016 at 8:56 am
There are a lot of jobs that have SSIS as a part of them. I wouldn't let this scare me, though I think you should work through the skills and try to understand. Our Stairway to SSIS is a good place to start.
I would also note that many job listings have more skills listed than required. Often if you hit 50-70% of the skills, I'd apply.
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January 28, 2016 at 11:58 am
But I think production DBA jobs are low and Development DBA with SSIS/ETL is in demand
I do know SSIS little bit but I just notice once you are in development people think he can do heads down coding/etl work all day
January 28, 2016 at 12:21 pm
Yes, by necessity the role of a typical DBA is changing. If you work in a massive hosting data center with dozens of DBAs, then maybe you can get by just juggling backups and monitoring. However, if you work for an organization with only a handul of DBAs, especially if you are in a smaller organization as the sole DBA, then you will be expected to take on a broader range of skills. Even if work with developers, T-SQL programming, alternative database management systems, and also ETL (whether it be using Microsoft's SSIS framework or some other tool) will definately creep more and more into your domain.
This topic is debated quite regularly.
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1737013-3411-1.aspx
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January 28, 2016 at 7:01 pm
Things are surely changing to include more work under the DBA hat. Most people want you to take on as much as possible in order to save the business from having hire a specialist.
Personally, I think it's totally fine for some things, but not all things.
January 28, 2016 at 7:59 pm
Eric M Russell (1/28/2016)
Yes, by necessity the role of a typical DBA is changing. If you work in a massive hosting data center with dozens of DBAs, then maybe you can get by just juggling backups and monitoring. However, if you work for an organization with only a handul of DBAs, especially if you are in a smaller organization as the sole DBA, then you will be expected to take on a broader range of skills. Even if work with developers, T-SQL programming, alternative database management systems, and also ETL (whether it be using Microsoft's SSIS framework or some other tool) will definately creep more and more into your domain.This topic is debated quite regularly.
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1737013-3411-1.aspx
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That is so very true. The DBA is expected to know pretty much everything there is to know about the database. Security, mentoring, design advice, training and performance tuning are a big part of life. We have to be able to find the stuff we don't know. Continual learning is also a must.
February 4, 2016 at 9:29 am
Thanks you all
Regards.
Dave
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