The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  AbbVie is hiring a Database Administrator in Ames, IA.

• Role description

  The Database Administrator role at AbbVie is open because Ames is growing, and Problem Solving is suddenly our busiest department. This full-time Database Administrator role offers a $64,000 - $96,000 salary, real ownership over your work, and a clear path to grow alongside a team that ships.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Run point on general incidents until they're truly resolved
  • Field curveballs from Ames clients without losing the thread
  • Keep mid-level expectations grounded in what the full-time role can deliver
  • Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
  • Contribute to process improvements that boost efficiency and reduce waste
  • Build and sustain strong working relationships across departments

  What You'll Bring

  • Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a full-time project
  • Comfort steering general conversations toward a decision
  • 3 years that taught you which corners can be cut
  • Practical People Management skills sharpened in a full-time setting
  • Familiarity with AbbVie-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them

  AbbVie sits at the intersection of Resilience and Multitasking, quietly powering general workflows from its Ames base. Our Ames office runs on mutual respect, low ego, and a genuine willingness to help.

  We hand you $64,000 - $96,000, a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits, then let you flex your week to fit Ames the way you like.

  Right now, today, this seat at AbbVie is genuinely empty and waiting.

  Interested? click apply and tell us why you're the right person for this role.

• Required skills

  • Facilitation
  • People Management
  • Goal Setting
  • Mentoring
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Multitasking
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Problem Solving
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Flexibility
  • Team Leadership
  • Process Improvement
  • Resilience

• Benefits & perks

  • Peer-to-peer recognition
  • Frequent flyer program enrollment
  • Inclusive benefits for LGBTQ+ employees
  • Commission structure
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Video Games
  • Yoga Classes
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee resource groups (ERGs)
  • Spot Bonuses
  • Charitable Giving
  • Paid sabbatical leave

• Apply before 2026-08-27

  Submit your application for this Full-time general position.