Sr. Adabas Engineer

The Judge Group is currently seeking a Sr. Adabas Engineer with an active secret clearance. This is a hybrid position based in Reston, VA. For immediate consideration email your resume to rkissinger@judge.com.
- Robbie Kissinger

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

Must Have Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related IT discipline or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of hands-on development experience with Natural and ADABAS in enterprise environments
• Proven experience developing and supporting Natural applications (online and batch)
• Extensive experience performing:
• Complex debugging and root-cause analysis
• Production issue resolution and performance tuning
• Ad-hoc data analysis and reconciliation
• Demonstrated ability to write and maintain clear technical documentation, including program specifications and operational runbooks
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical issues for non-technical stakeholders
• Strong working knowledge of:
• ADABAS database structures, files, and access paths
• Natural subprograms, maps, and batch processing
• Job scheduling and execution via JCL and/or SCL

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting large, long-lived Natural/ADABAS codebases
• Comfort working in regulated or high-reliability environments (financial services, insurance, government, etc.)
• Exposure to data modernization efforts, system integrations, or migration initiatives
• Strong analytical mindset - able to reason through data flows, edge cases, and unintended impacts
• Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar legacy code and improve it safely