PLM Engineer – DBA/Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Design and implement essential customizations and integrations for Teamcenter.

• Develop tailored ITK services, SOA integrations, Active Workspace extensions, workflows, and enterprise integrations spanning CAD, ERP, MES, manufacturing, and engineering systems.

• Install, configure, optimize, patch, and upgrade Teamcenter along with its database.

• Oversee the performance of the PLM database and infrastructure, including backups, recovery, high availability, monitoring, and readiness for disaster recovery.

• Collaborate with engineering teams regarding product data, BOMs, change management, and configuration management.

• Automate repetitive tasks using PowerShell, Python, Bash, and CI/CD practices.

• Manage databases by handling backups, recovery, indexing, statistics, and performance tuning.

• Configure and manage Pool Manager, FSC/FCC, Dispatcher, TcServer, and volume management.

• Enhance observability of applications, databases, and servers; diagnose and resolve performance issues.

• Administer high availability, disaster recovery, patching, and environment refreshes.

• Work alongside PLM developers, infrastructure teams, and business units during upgrades and production support.

• Conduct load and performance testing to assess capacity, allocate resources, and identify regressions prior to production updates.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience managing Teamcenter environments in a production setting.

• Extensive knowledge of Teamcenter architecture and administration.

• Familiarity with 2-tier/4-tier deployments, FMS, Pool Manager, Dispatcher, and TcServer.

• Experience in deploying BMIDE packages and administering Active Workspace.

• Proficient in volume and file management as well as Deployment Center operations.

• Background in Teamcenter upgrades, migrations, and environment refreshes, particularly versions 14.x–2506/25.x.

• Solid foundation in DBA principles, including performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, backup/recovery, security, and access management.

• Skills in log analysis and troubleshooting across database, application, and server layers.

• Experience in managing high availability, disaster recovery, and patching for large-scale enterprise applications.

• U.S. Person status is necessary for accessing export-controlled data.

• Preferred: Familiarity with AWS and containerized deployments using Docker/Kubernetes for Teamcenter.

• Preferred: Experience with multisite configurations.

• Preferred: Knowledge of tools such as Splunk, Datadog, or Prometheus.

• Preferred: Background in DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code using Jenkins, Ansible, or similar platforms.

• Preferred: Experience in fast-paced startup environments or in the aerospace/defense manufacturing sector.

• Preferred: Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Preferred: Experience with AI-assisted tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor.

• Preferred: Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret/Top Secret security clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are offered in most full-time positions.

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package available to employees at minimal or no cost.

• Premier benefits provided for full-time employees.

• Health, recovery, and employee support benefits included.