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How exposed to AI is a Database Architect?

Of the 25 tasks O*NET lists for database architects, 6 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 1 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Data ArchitectData EngineerData OfficerDatabase AnalystDatabase ArchitectDatabase ConsultantDatabase DeveloperDatabase ProgrammerEnterprise ArchitectInformation Architect
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
25
tasks rated for this occupation
95%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
50k
people do this job in the US
9 of 36
least protected in computing and maths

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

6
  • Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements
  • Create and enforce database development standards
  • Develop or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications
  • Provide technical support to junior staff or clients
  • Train users and answer questions
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions, and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions

Only with software built on top

18
  • Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability
  • Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements
  • Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures
  • Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes
  • Develop and document database architectures
  • Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure
  • Document and communicate database schemas, using accepted notations
  • Demonstrate database technical functionality, such as performance, security and reliability
  • Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes
  • Identify and correct deviations from database development standards
  • Plan and install upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance
  • Develop data model describing data elements and their use, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software
  • Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together, such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs
  • Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculator
  • Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project
  • Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations

Cannot be sped up

1
  • Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.