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name: data-centre-operator
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'data centre operator' (also: data centre employee, data centre administrator, data center operator, data centre operators, data center administrator). Use when the user asks for typical data centre operator work such as: typical data centre operator responsibilities"
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# Data Centre Operator

Data centre operators maintain computer operations within the data centre. They manage daily activities within the centre to solve problems, maintain the system availability, and evaluate the system's performance.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- administer ICT system
- analyse ICT system
- balance database resources
- database management systems
- develop contingency plans for emergencies
- keep up with the latest information systems solutions
- maintain database performance
- maintain database security
- maintain ICT server
- manage database
- migrate existing data
- monitor system performance
- query languages
- resource description framework query language

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- AJAX
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Ansible software
- Apache Cassandra

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9729c0f3-c9bc-482e-ac59-a82ec3b67ba3), O*NET 30.3 (15-1232.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*