PostgreSQL specialist L2 - L5

nttlimited; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA undertakes PostgreSQL administration across on‑prem, cloud, and managed environments. The role monitors availability, performance, replication, and capacity, resolving incidents and handling backups, high-availability configurations and upgrades.

You will analyse query performance, manage access and security, and support migrations while automating health checks and reporting, with opportunities to shape resilience, DR testing and modernization roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Proficient in PostgreSQL administration and security.
• Adept at backup, recovery and high-availability configurations.
• Experience with Linux systems and cloud-hosted PostgreSQL services.

Responsibilities

• Monitor database availability, performance, replication and capacity.
• Resolve incidents and fulfil database service requests.
• Install, configure, patch and upgrade PostgreSQL environments.
• Perform backup, restoration and point-in-time recovery.
• Configure and maintain replication and high-availability capabilities.
• Analyse query performance and optimise database configurations.
• Manage database access, roles, encryption and auditing.
• Support migrations from other database technologies.
• Automate operational health checks, maintenance and reporting.
• Support resilience and disaster-recovery testing.
• At L4, provide expert support for complex database failures or performance issues.
• At L5, define PostgreSQL architecture, operating standards and modernization roadmaps.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Streaming replication

High availability

Backup and recovery

Performance tuning

Database security

Linux administration

Cloud-hosted PostgreSQL

Scripting and automation

Job description

Your day at NTT DATA

The PostgreSQL engineer, specialist or architect supports enterprise PostgreSQL database services across on-premises, cloud and managed database environments.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor database availability, performance, replication and capacity.
• Resolve incidents and fulfil database service requests.
• Install, configure, patch and upgrade PostgreSQL environments.
• Perform backup, restoration and point-in-time recovery.
• Configure and maintain replication and high-availability capabilities.
• Analyse query performance and optimise database configurations.
• Manage database access, roles, encryption and auditing.
• Support migrations from other database technologies.
• Automate operational health checks, maintenance and reporting.
• Support resilience and disaster-recovery testing.
• At L4, provide expert support for complex database failures or performance issues.
• At L5, define PostgreSQL architecture, operating standards and modernization roadmaps.

Technical knowledge

• PostgreSQL administration.
• Streaming and logical replication.
• High availability and clustering.
• Backup and recovery.
• Performance tuning.
• Database security.
• Linux administration.
• Cloud-hosted PostgreSQL services.
• Scripting and automation.

Relevant certifications

• EDB PostgreSQL certification.
• Relevant Linux certification.
• Relevant cloud database certification.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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