Cloud PostgreSQL DBA — High Availability & Migration Expert

accenturefederalservices; United States; Remote; USD 91,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in the United States is seeking a Senior Database Administrator focused on PostgreSQL in the cloud. You will manage, secure, and optimize PostgreSQL instances to support modernized workloads and scalable data services.

You will migrate legacy Access databases to PostgreSQL, implement IaC for infrastructure, and work with cross‑functional teams to ensure availability, security, and compliance across the data platform.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering PostgreSQL in production environments.
• Proficiency with data modeling techniques and methodologies.
• Experience writing triggers and stored procedures.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling.
• U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Manage, secure, and tune PostgreSQL database instances deployed in cloud environments.
• Migrate an existing Microsoft Access database to PostgreSQL and build new databases to meet evolving requirements.
• Ensure high availability, strong security posture, and reliable performance across the data platform.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code practices to provision and maintain database infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering, application development, cybersecurity, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, well-governed data services.
• Align database operations with enterprise compliance and governance standards.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Data modeling

Triggers & stored procedures

IaC tooling

Tools

AWS

IaC tooling

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in the United States is seeking a Senior Database Administrator focused on PostgreSQL in the cloud. You will manage, secure, and optimize PostgreSQL instances to support modernized workloads and scalable data services.

You will migrate legacy Access databases to PostgreSQL, implement IaC for infrastructure, and work with cross‑functional teams to ensure availability, security, and compliance across the data platform.