Senior Database Administrator

Clarivate•Belgrade, ME

18d•Hybrid

About The Position

Clarivate is seeking a Senior Database Administration Engineer to operate, optimize, secure, and automate large-scale relational and non-relational database environments. The role covers technologies including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Cassandra, Linux-based systems, and AWS native database services. The work includes database lifecycle management, performance troubleshooting, automation, observability, and enterprise security and compliance controls. The engineer will support A&G Content Solutions products, including ProQuest, eBook Central, and other platforms in the portfolio. The team manages a broad fleet of datastores and follows DevOps principles focused on automation, observability, continuous improvement, and operational reliability. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid position with core engagement hours within the CET time zone. The employee is expected to work from the Belgrade office three days every other week and participate in a 24x7 production-support on-call rotation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in DBMS.
At least 3 years of DBMS lifecycle experience.
At least 2 years of advanced troubleshooting experience.
At least 3 years of monitoring, alerting, and observability experience.
At least 3 years of scripting and automation experience.
At least 3 years of database security, auditing, and compliance experience.
At least 2 years of Linux administration experience.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience.
Proficiency in English.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Chef, Rundeck, and Ansible, and configuration languages such as YAML and JSON.
Familiarity with software build and infrastructure automation tools such as Jenkins and Terraform.
Deep knowledge of business continuity and high-availability design and operations, including backups, restores, disaster recovery, and data corruption management.
Experience documenting operational activities using automated and validated technical runbooks and contributing to peer reviews.
Interest in mentoring junior engineers on database best practices and troubleshooting techniques.

Responsibilities

Execute and improve DBMS lifecycle tasks, including installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration updates.
Troubleshoot complex performance and availability issues at the database, instance, and SQL levels.
Develop and enhance automation for routine database operations and monitoring workflows.
Analyze and respond to infrastructure and performance alerts, providing timely and accurate resolutions.
Participate in technical reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and discussions to improve team processes and runbooks.
Support change-management processes by validating, testing, and safely and consistently executing DBMS operational changes.
Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for production support.