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senior systems engineer/ database administrator

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a senior systems engineer/ database administrator, the most distinctive skills are Sql Error Logs, Backup Plan and Sql Sentry — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Sql Error Logs
33% have it · 10810.6× vs average
Backup Plan
33% have it · 10810.6× vs average
Sql Sentry
33% have it · 10810.6× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

sql error logs
10810.6×
33% · N=3
backup plan
10810.6×
33% · N=3
sql sentry
10810.6×
33% · N=3
recovery strategies
5405.3×
33% · N=3
event viewer
5405.3×
33% · N=3
sql agent
3603.5×
33% · N=3
sql administration
2702.6×
33% · N=3
availability groups
1544.4×
33% · N=3
service requests
1013.5×
33% · N=3
database mail
982.8×
33% · N=3
bmc
853.5×
33% · N=3
listener
772.2×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Not enough dated career history yet to show feeder roles.

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Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Senior Systems Engineer/ Database Administrator need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Sql Error Logs (33% have it), Backup Plan (33% have it), Sql Sentry (33% have it), Recovery Strategies (33% have it), Event Viewer (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Senior Systems Engineer/ Database Administrator roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Senior Systems Engineer/ Database Administrator?

Not enough dated career history exists yet to show which roles feed into this one, so we show an honest empty state.

Does this page show Senior Systems Engineer/ Database Administrator salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 9 of them are Senior Systems Engineer/ Database Administrator résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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