Database Administrator – Advanced (Natural/Adabas Administrator)

Job Title: Database Administrator – Advanced (Natural/Adabas Administrator)

Posting ID: SC-8542

Work Location: Remote (must come on-site to Columbia, SC for the first week at own expense)

Address: 1201 Main Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201

Duration: 12 Months (possible extension)

Interview Type: 1 Round – Virtual/Online

Position Overview

The Client is seeking a Database Administrator (Natural/Adabas Administrator) to support and enhance mission-critical systems built on the Software AG ecosystem. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in Adabas and Natural Security administration, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and security across development, test, and production environments.

This role will focus on administering Software AG Adabas and Natural databases, maintaining security and access controls, enabling analytics, and guiding environment refreshes and upgrades to meet business and compliance needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Software AG Adabas & Natural Security environments (production, test, and development).
• Perform and monitor backups, restores, and environment refreshes from production data as needed.
• Configure and enforce role-based access control (RBAC), manage user provisioning, and perform regular security and audit reviews.
• Manage and optimize DDMs, Predict metadata, and Natural utilities scripting to support operational efficiency.
• Evaluate, install, and configure Adabas data access tools (CONNX or similar), supporting user data access and analytics.
• Create and maintain user documentation, data catalogs, and training guides for technical and business users.
• Lead file and schema changes through the SDLC (development, testing, and production) following formal change control.
• Support disaster recovery (BC/DR) planning, testing, and incident response efforts.
• Research and recommend platform improvements for performance, resilience, and modernization.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure system availability and compliance.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 8 years’ experience managing Software AG Adabas and Natural environments.
• Hands-on experience administering Adabas databases and Natural Security in production environments.
• Working knowledge of CONNX or similar Adabas data access tools, including installation, configuration, and user enablement.
• Proficiency in backup/restore procedures, environment refreshes, performance tuning, and Natural scripting utilities.
• Experience implementing role-based access control, audit documentation, and security compliance for regulated systems.
• Strong familiarity with SDLC/change control processes across development, test, and production environments.
• Experience with Software AG tools such as NaturalONE, Predict, EntireX, and DDM management best practices.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to capacity planning, platform modernization, and performance engineering.
• Participation in business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) program development and testing.
• Experience with open systems (Linux) – at least 2 years preferred.

Additional Details

• On-site Requirement: Candidate must be willing to report on-site to Columbia, SC for the first week of the contract at their own expense.