Senior Informatica PowerCenter Administrator - Hybrid Role

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Ins.

Paid Holidays and PTO

401(k) Plan with Company Contributions

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing

Training, Certification, and Career/PD

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Senior Informatica PowerCenter Administrator to ensure stability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise data integration platforms supporting critical operations and analytics.

You will lead upgrades, migrations, and 24x7 production support across Unix/Linux and Windows, coordinating with security, network, and DB teams while driving automation, documentation, and runbooks to improve operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of IT/Data Integration or Middleware experience.
• 5+ years hands-on Informatica PowerCenter Administration.
• Experience administering Informatica Domain, Repository and Integration Services.
• LDAP/AD authentication configuration and security.
• Experience with 24x7 production environments.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux, SQL, shell scripting.
• Troubleshooting across Informatica, databases, Unix/Linux, networking, and infrastructure.
• Experience with Oracle/SQL Server/DB2/Teradata/Snowflake.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain Informatica PowerCenter environments.
• Manage Informatica Domains, Nodes, Repository Service, Integration Service, and CMS.
• Administer users, groups, roles, LDAP/AD integrations.
• Support object migrations with deployment groups and release management.
• Monitor platform health, workflows, and repository performance.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and bottlenecks.
• Performance tuning of workflows, sessions, and infrastructure.
• Plan capacity, backups, DR procedures, and business continuity.
• Lead upgrades, hotfixes, and rollback procedures.
• Coordinate with Unix/Linux, Windows, Security, Network, DB teams.
• Support PowerExchange, CDC, and enterprise integration services.
• Participate in on-call rotations and RCA processes.
• Create/runbooks, disaster recovery guides, and knowledge bases.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Informatica PowerCenter

LDAP/AD

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Senior Informatica PowerCenter Administrator to ensure stability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise data integration platforms supporting critical operations and analytics.

You will lead upgrades, migrations, and 24x7 production support across Unix/Linux and Windows, coordinating with security, network, and DB teams while driving automation, documentation, and runbooks to improve operational excellence.