Senior PostgreSQL DBA - Onsite in Charlotte | HA & DR

Cognizant; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Charlotte, NC is seeking a PostgreSQL DBA to design, implement, and operate scalable data models for utilities analytics. You will ensure high availability, backups, and secure access across Production, UAT, and Development environments.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, capacity planning, and collaboration with onsite and remote teams to deliver reliable data driven services for customers and communities.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on PostgreSQL experience in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of data warehousing and dimensional modeling.
• Experience with utilities/energy domain data is a plus.
• Proficiency in data integration tools and scripting in PostgreSQL ecosystems.
• Familiarity with hybrid work practices and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL databases across Production, UAT, and Development environments.
• Ensure database availability, reliability, and operational stability.
• Perform database provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Manage database startup, shutdown, connectivity, and service health validation.
• Monitor database growth, storage utilization, and capacity planning.
• Design, implement, and test backup and recovery strategies.
• Plan and execute High Availability and replication configurations.
• Tune PostgreSQL parameters, memory, I/O, and autovacuum settings.
• Implement security standards and access controls.
• Coordinate incident, problem, and change management activities.
• Develop automation scripts for health checks and maintenance tasks.
• Create and maintain SOPs, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

Skills

PostgreSQL

DBA experience

Performance tuning

Data modeling

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bash

Python

PostgreSQL utilities

Job description

Cognizant in Charlotte, NC is seeking a PostgreSQL DBA to design, implement, and operate scalable data models for utilities analytics. You will ensure high availability, backups, and secure access across Production, UAT, and Development environments.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, capacity planning, and collaboration with onsite and remote teams to deliver reliable data driven services for customers and communities.