Job Description
Job Title: Database Administrator – Advanced
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration: 12 Months
*Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to come on-site to Columbia, SC for the first two months of the contract at their own expense.
Job Description: We’re seeking a System Administrator to own and optimize our Software AG ecosystem, primarily Adabas and Natural Security, with a focus on reliability, security, performance, and user enablement. In this role, you’ll administer mission ‑ critical databases, drive secure access and auditing practices, support data extraction, and guide changes from development through production.
What You’ll Do - Administer Adabas & Natural Security (plus CONNX): Maintain production, test, and development environments to run efficiently; perform and monitor nightly backups; refresh lower environments from production data as needed; manage DDMs and operational scripts.
- Harden security & enforce access controls: Configure and maintain security/authorization to files and applications via Natural and program security; ensure proper access changes for transfers/terminations; execute routine au
- dits and process security requests accurately and on time.
- Enable data access & analytics: Evaluate and recommend tools for Adabas data extraction; install and maintain the chosen query product (e.g., CONNX); design and maintain user data catalogs; author a user guide and training materials tailored to our environment; train new users and assist current users with query design.
- Guide change across environments: Guide file and schema modifications through development, testing, and production; write and maintain scripts supporting applications and operations; maintain the data dictionary and ensure all database changes are fully documented and consistent.
- Advance our platform: Research, recommend, and help implement new hardware and software solutions to improve performance, resilience, and maintainability. Perform platform upgrades as needed to maintain supported versions and to address system vulnerabilities.
- Support resilience: Participate in agency business continuity and disaster recovery planning, testing, and response activities.
Minimum Qualifications - Hands ‑ on experience administering Adabas databases and Natural Security (Software AG stack) in production environments.
- Working knowledge of CONNX or comparable Adabas data access tools, including installation, configuration, and user enablement.
- Proficiency with environment refreshes, backup/restore procedures, performance tuning, and scripting (e.g., Natural utilities).
- Practical experience implementing role ‑ based access control, security reviews, and audit documentation for regulated environments.
- Familiarity with SDLC/change control across dev/test/prod and maintaining a formal data dictionary.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to write user guides and support analysts and business users.
- Minimum of eight years managing Software AG Adabas and Natural.
- Experience with broader Software AG tools (e.g., NaturalONE, Predict, EntireX) and DDM management best practices.
Preferred Qualifications: - Exposure to capacity planning, platform modernization, and performance engineering.
- Participation in BC/DR program development and exercises.
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