Learn Database Administration (DBA) Course | Get Professional Tech Skills & IT Certification at Elevate Tech School

9 modules

39 lessons to be learned to complete this course

3 months

Intensive Classroom + Lab + Online Learning + Quiz

Professional level

No prerequisite courses or skills required to get started

Professional Diploma

To be awarded as achievement after course completion

NGN 100,000.00

Flexible payment term. 5% discount on one-time full payment

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Course Description

This database administrator (DBA) course will teaches you how to design, create, maintain, and secure databases. A Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for organizing, storing, and retrieving data while ensuring its integrity and performance.

Database Administration (DBA) is the process of managing and maintaining database systems to ensure they are secure, efficient, and available.

What You'll Learn in a DBA Course
This course cover a range of critical skills, including:

Database Management: How to create and manage databases, including tables, user roles, and permissions.

SQL Programming: Writing and understanding SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data.

Security and Backup: Implementing data security measures, access controls, and strategies for database backup and recovery.

Performance Tuning: Optimizing database performance, monitoring for issues, and troubleshooting common problems.

Data Modeling & Design: Learning principles of data modeling and designing databases for efficiency and scalability.

Cloud Data Administration: Managing databases in cloud environments like Azure.

Course Curriculum

SQL Programming

SQL syntax and structure

SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

JOINs, subqueries, views

Stored procedures and triggers

Lab: Build and query a student records database

Database Management Systems (DBMS)

Overview of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server

Installation and configuration

GUI tools: phpMyAdmin, pgAdmin, SSMS

Lab: Install and configure a DBMS on a local server

Database Security & Access Control

User roles and privileges

Authentication and encryption

Backup and recovery strategies

Lab: Create secure user roles and test access policies

Performance Tuning & Optimization

Indexing and query optimization

Caching and partitioning

Monitoring tools and logs

Lab: Optimize queries for a large dataset

Backup, Recovery & Disaster Management

Backup types: full, incremental, differential

Recovery models and restore procedures

High availability and replication

Lab: Simulate a backup and recovery scenario

Cloud Database Administration

Cloud platforms: AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud Spanner

Cloud storage and scalability

Migration to cloud databases

Lab: Deploy and manage a cloud-based database

Capstone Project

Choose a real-world scenario (e.g., hospital, school, e-commerce)

Design, implement, and secure a full database system

Document schema, queries, and admin procedures

Present final demo and submit project report

Introduction to Databases

What is a database?

Types of databases: relational, NoSQL, distributed

Database vs. spreadsheet

Role of a Database Administrator (DBA)

Lab: Explore sample databases using MySQL

Relational Database Design

Entity-Relationship (ER) modeling

Primary keys, foreign keys, relationships

Normalization: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF

Schema design and integrity constraints

Lab: Design a normalized database for a retail system

Course Detail

Course Fee

NGN 100,000.00

Course Duration

3 months

Delivery Method

Classroom + Lab + Online + Project

Payment

Flexible payment term. 5% discount on one-time full payment

Course Code

CTE-410

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