Night-Shift PostgreSQL & Cosmos DB Admin (Alabang)

Cognizant; Taguig; On-site; PHP 781,000 - 1,228,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Metro Manila is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL databases across production and non-production environments. You will handle upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, and high availability, while partnering with product teams on schema changes and deployments.

The role includes administering Azure Cosmos DB, monitoring throughput, latency, and capacity, and ensuring secure access via Azure RBAC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years hands-on PostgreSQL database administration in enterprise environments.
• 3+ years experience with Azure Cosmos DB.
• Strong SQL and performance tuning skills.
• Experience with backup, recovery, replication and high availability.
• Working knowledge of Azure cloud services and cloud operating models.
• Willing to work night shifts and in-office at Alabang 3x per week.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL databases across prod and non-prod environments.
• Perform database upgrades, patching, and migrations with change management.
• Monitor health, performance, replication, and capacity of databases.
• Troubleshoot SQL performance, locks, indexing, and resource usage issues.
• Implement high availability and replication configurations.
• Support schema changes and deployments with application teams.
• Administer and support Azure Cosmos DB; monitor RU/s, latency, and throughput.
• Optimize partitioning and data models for performance and cost efficiency.
• Support backup, restore, and disaster recovery configurations.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure scalable, resilient cloud data architectures.
• Enforce secure access patterns with Azure RBAC and Cosmos DB security features.
• Support security, audit, and compliance activities with governance teams.

Skills

SQL

PostgreSQL

Azure Cosmos DB

Performance tuning

Azure cloud services

Security practices

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Azure

CyberArk

Job description

Cognizant in Metro Manila is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL databases across production and non-production environments. You will handle upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, and high availability, while partnering with product teams on schema changes and deployments.

The role includes administering Azure Cosmos DB, monitoring throughput, latency, and capacity, and ensuring secure access via Azure RBAC.