Senior PostgreSQL DBA & Cloud Data Specialist

NTT DATA, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks a Database Administrator (PostgreSQL primary / MS SQL secondary) in Dallas, TX. The role focuses on administering PostgreSQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across on‑premises and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years of experience, with strong skills in replication, backups, and query tuning. Local office presence may be required; remote/hybrid options vary by project.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience as a database administrator (PostgreSQL primary, MS SQL secondary).
• Experience managing enterprise databases across on‑premises and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong focus on high availability, performance, security and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases in production and non‑production environments.
• Perform installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, and version management for PostgreSQL.
• Manage PostgreSQL deployments on AWS, Azure, and GCP (IaaS and PaaS).
• Monitor health, troubleshoot performance issues, locking, deadlocks, long‑running queries, replication, and storage usage.

Skills

Database administration

Performance troubleshooting

Critical thinking

Tools

PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

pg_dump

pgBackRest

WAL archiving

PgBouncer

AWS

Azure

GCP

Replication

Backup & recovery

VACUUM tuning

SQL tuning

Job description

NTT DATA seeks a Database Administrator (PostgreSQL primary / MS SQL secondary) in Dallas, TX. The role focuses on administering PostgreSQL databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across on‑premises and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years of experience, with strong skills in replication, backups, and query tuning. Local office presence may be required; remote/hybrid options vary by project.