Analyzes system performance and addresses performance problems. Evaluates costs, specifications, and organizational policies to recommend system performance tuning. Resolves resource competition issues. The typical environment is diverse with multiple vendors, has multiple sites, distributed needs within the agency and multiple entities in the work flow. Typically, it has relational databases, multiple distributed databases, and must maintain relational integrity of the data bases, considering constraints, linked tables, and consistency.
Security is usually at the data level.
Identifies and deals with compatibility issues. Addresses a variety of users and deals with a mixture of standards for all assigned infrastructure functions and a moderate level of change. Negotiates with vendors and chooses vendor from existing contracts. Builds implementation plan. For data projects, uses data dictionary and establishes standards and precedents for data base design.