Program BenefitsCertified Database Engineer (CDE®)
The Database Engineering Career:
At the most basic level, database engineers create, modify, and test the code, forms, and script that allow computer applications to run. Work from specifications drawn up by software developers or other individuals. They may assist software developers by analyzing user needs and designing software solutions and also develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information.
Your responsibilities would revolve around database and related system design, installation, administration and maintenance. Your design related duties may include building the architecture for database servers and creating database administration plans. Additionally, you may develop stored procedures, triggers and views.
You may also be responsible for evaluating existing systems and handling upgrades or reconfigurations. This would include installing new systems or components as needed. Administering various protocols and procedures to ensure that the system runs efficiently and is maintained properly would also be a part of your duties.
Alternative Career Paths
Database Administrator
If you're interested in working with database technologies, but would rather focus on managing and maintaining databases than designing them, then becoming a database administrator may be a good option.
Computer Software Applications Engineer
A computer software applications engineer is also a type of applications software developer. However, instead of developing software that operates the computer system as software database engineers do, you would work on software that is directly utilized by the general public or specific end-users.
A CDE® qualified professional exhibits wide-ranging knowledge and skillsets required for designing, developing and managing various types of databases. CDE® certified professionals are required to undertake a rigorous pre-certification study across 11 modules to gather skills and knowledge not only related to database design and development, but also on database trends, computer science fundamentals, team-work and customer-side of database related services.
CDE® is awarded to individuals who successfully complete all the requirements as prescribed by the Software Engineering Quality Board (SEQB), BCI. These requirements primarily include qualifying the multistage online CDE® examinations organized worldwide in various authorized BCI centers on dates specified in the BCI Assessments Calendar.
