Database Administrator

Clarivate•Belgrade, ME

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Database Administration Engineer with hands-on experience in provisioning, administering, and maintaining both relational and non-relational Database Management Systems. The ideal candidate brings experience, including work with DBMS engines, managing DBMS lifecycles, troubleshooting databases and SQL performance issues, and implementing availability and performance monitoring across platforms such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Cassandra, and Amazon RDS. Our team manages a broad and critical fleet of datastores across multiple DBMS technologies. We operate following DevOps principles—automation, observability, continuous improvement, and operational reliability. We provide an environment where engineers can grow their technical depth while contributing meaningfully to the reliability and scalability of our database platforms. You will support A&G Content Solutions products including ProQuest, eBook Central, and other platforms in our portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, and/or equivalent experience.
2 years of relevant experience to include work with DBMS engines, managing DBMS lifecycles, troubleshooting databases and SQL performance issues, and implementing availability and performance monitoring.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools and languages such as Ansible, Rundeck, Chef, YAML, and JSON.
Experience documenting and reviewing change activities using automated runbooks, peer reviews, and knowledge‑sharing sessions.
Experience with business continuity and high availability design and operations including backups, restores, disaster recovery, and data corruption management.
Experience with automation tools and languages such as Bash/KSH scripting, SQL, procedural SQL, and AWS CLI/SDK.
Experience configuring and auditing databases and object‑level security.
Experience with Linux, including performance tools, service management, and device administration.

Responsibilities

Stay current with DBMS software updates, vendor documentation, and industry developments.
Develop, test, and execute DBMS lifecycle runbooks for installations, upgrades, patches, and deprecations.
Respond promptly to infrastructure availability and performance alerts, and design solutions, test cases, and produce performance metrics for software changes.
Lead and participate in team knowledge-sharing sessions, technical deep dives, and code reviews.
Build automated processes for resource reporting, configuration deployment, and change-outcome measurement.