Database Administration Courses and Certifications

Relational Database Administration (DBA)

273 ratings at Coursera

Administer relational databases: back up and restore, manage users and permissions, tune indexes and slow queries, monitor performance, and automate tasks with cron across MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Relational Database Administration Capstone Project

19 ratings at Coursera

Set up a MySQL OLTP database and PostgreSQL data warehouse, build Airflow ETL pipelines, and implement backup, restore, access control, and query optimization.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Relational Database Administration Capstone Project

19 ratings at Coursera

Build a database administration project: set up an OLTP database in MySQL, design a PostgreSQL data warehouse, automate ETL with Airflow, and secure and optimize queries.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Automate, Analyze, and Database Administration

Implement automated database backup and restore with checksum verification, diagnose and resolve lock contention, and turn growth trends into capacity-planning forecasts.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Relational Database Administration (DBA)

7 ratings at edX

This course helps you develop the foundational skills required to perform the role of a Database Administrator (DBA) including designing, implementing, securing, maintaining, troubleshooting and autom

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

IBM Relational Database Administrator with GenAI

61962 ratings at Coursera

Learn to design, secure, and tune relational databases in MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM Db2, writing SQL queries, building data warehouses, and automating ETL with Airflow and Kafka.

• Coursera
• 24 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 11 courses

SQL for Database Administrators

Gain the foundational skills you need to be a confident, high-earning SQL database administrator.

• DataCamp
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Complete Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration Course

11165 ratings at Udemy

Mastering Database Management and Security with Microsoft SQL Server

• Udemy
• 1 day 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Oracle DBA 11g/12c - Database Administration for Junior DBA

10925 ratings at Udemy

Learn to become an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) in 6 weeks and get a well paid job as a Junior DBA.

• Udemy
• 11 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CompTIA DataSys+ Certification Training (Live Online)

8 ratings at CourseHorse

Unlock your potential in database administration with comprehensive training that covers everything from database fundamentals and security to deployment and disaster recovery.

• CourseHorse
• 33 hours
• Self-Paced
• $2,495.00

Career Certificate

CompTIA DataSys+ Study Guide

Learn database fundamentals with SQL and scripting, then deploy, maintain and optimize databases and secure them through governance, compliance and business continuity practices for DataSys+ certification.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Data Systems Foundations for Data Professionals

Learn database fundamentals and administration: relational and nonrelational structures, SQL retrieval and manipulation, scripting automation, ACID transaction principles, database security, and business continuity.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

SQL Infrastructure: Secure and Optimize

Configure SQL warehouse resource pools with Resource Governor, audit data permissions to close security gaps, and run post-mortem root cause analyses of system failures.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Database Deployment and Maintenance Essentials

Plan and validate database deployments, then monitor, maintain, and optimize databases through metrics tracking, backup strategies, and query efficiency, in line with the CompTIA DataSys+ objectives.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Cloud SQL Infrastructure, Security, and Reliability

Architect, secure, and optimize cloud data warehouses: provision with Terraform, audit permissions, diagnose lock contention, benchmark costs with TPC-DS, and design cross-region disaster recovery.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course