Your scheduled hours should be 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday but it's likely that you'll be on-call in case of any technical problems outside of these hours.
If you find a job in-house you'll be based out of your office. If you work for a company that specialises in building databases for clients then much of your time will be spent at the client's office.
There are part-time jobs out there if you're looking for job flexibility. You may also be able to work from home if you can get online.
If you enjoy the technical side of the job you should look for opportunities to become a technical architect or an analyst.
If you enjoy the people aspects of your role you could move more into the customer relationship management side of things or into business analysis.
Money, money, money
In terms of annual income, the average database manager is on around RM38,000 to RM39,000.
The good points...
As you can see, the salary isn’t too bad, which with experience can jump to around RM42,000.
...and the bad
With big maintenance or development projects there may be some times when you need to work in the evening or weekends as you'll need to carry out the work with minimum disruption.
Is there study involved?
You'll usually need an IT related degree but if you've worked your way up and show you've got all the right experience then the job could be yours.
It's a specialist arm of computing so up to date, professional qualifications in database packages will be important for getting started.
You should demonstrate some specific experience in managing a database, maybe from a previous role as a database administrator.
Ask your employer if they will send you on any soft skills courses. It's always beneficial to keep your communications, management and presentation skills up to date
