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This role is ideal for someone experienced in operating, optimizing, securing, and automating large-scale DBMS environments using technologies such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Cassandra, Linux-based systems, and AWS native database services. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in database lifecycle management, performance troubleshooting, automation, observability engineering, and enterprise-level security and compliance controls.\nAbout You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments\nMinimum of 5 years of experience in DBMS, including 3 years DBMS lifecycle work, 2 years advanced troubleshooting experience, 3 years monitoring/alerting/observability, 3 years scripting and automation, 3 years database security/auditing/compliance, 2 years Linux administration\nBachelor’s degree in computer science and/or similar field, or equivalent industry experience \nProficiency in English\nIt would be great if you also have . . .\nFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Chef, Rundeck, Chef, Ansible and configuration languages such as YAML, and JSON.\nFamiliarity with software build and infrastructure automation tools such Jenkins and Terraform.\nDeep knowledge of business continuity and high availability design and operations including backups, restores, disaster recovery, and data corruption management.\nExperience documenting operational activities using automated and validated technical runbooks and contributing to peer reviews.\nInterest in mentoring junior engineers on database best practices and troubleshooting techniques\nWhat will you be doing in this role?\nExecute and improve DBMS lifecycle tasks such as installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration updates.\nTroubleshoot complex performance and availability issues at the database, instance, and SQL levels.\nDevelop and enhance automation for routine database operations and monitoring workflows.\nAnalyze and respond to infrastructure and performance alerts, providing timely and accurate resolutions.\nParticipate in technical reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and discussions that help improve team processes and runbooks.\nSupport change-management processes by validating, testing, and executing DBMS operational changes safely and consistently.\nParticipate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for production support.\nProducts you will be supporting\nYou will support A&G Content Solutions products including ProQuest, eBook Central, and other platforms in our portfolio.\nAbout the Team\nOur team manages a broad and critical fleet of datastores across multiple DBMS technologies. 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