This course is ideal for:

• IT professionals in, or aspiring to roles such as Database Administrator (DBA), Cloud Database Administrator, System/Database Manager.
  
• Individuals responsible for collecting, storing, protecting, and managing data assets across organizational systems.
  
• Professionals who already have some experience in database, storage, or data-management roles and are looking to formalize skills with a certification.

• No mandatory prerequisites.
• Recommended: ~2–3 years of relevant DBA or database-systems experience.
• Useful background: scripting/programming exposure, database operation familiarity, basic security & continuity knowledge.

• Plan, deploy and manage database systems with vendor-neutral tools and techniques.
• Write and modify basic scripts or database programming logic for database environments.
• Monitor and maintain database health, performance, and uptime.
• Secure data systems, implement access controls, maintain regulatory/gov-compliance posture.
• Develop and execute business-continuity, backup, and recovery plans for data systems.
• Be ready to take and pass the CompTIA DataSys+ (DS0-001) certification exam and move into roles such as DBA, data systems manager, cloud database administrator.

Understanding database structures/types, scripting/programming in a database environment, data gathering & storage fundamentals.

Planning/designing databases, implementation phases, testing and deployment of data systems.

Monitoring database performance, maintenance processes, documentation, storage/backup practices.

Securing databases, authorization/access controls, governance, regulatory compliance.

Backup/recovery, disaster planning, ensuring availability and integrity of data systems.