Senior Informatica PowerCenter Administrator
About the role
As a Senior Informatica PowerCenter Administrator, you will make an impact by ensuring the stability, performance, security, and availability of enterprise data integration platforms that support critical business operations and analytics. You will be a valued member of the Data Integration and Middleware team and work collaboratively with application teams, database administrators, infrastructure teams, security teams, and business stakeholders to manage, optimize, and support large-scale Informatica environments.
This role requires deep hands-on expertise in Informatica administration, production support, platform optimization, migrations, upgrades, and operational excellence within business-critical enterprise environments.
In this role, you will:
- Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, and maintain Informatica PowerCenter environments across development, testing, and production landscapes.
- Manage Informatica Domains, Nodes, Repository Services, Integration Services, Model Repository Services (MRS), Data Integration Services (DIS), and Content Management Services (CMS).
- Administer users, groups, roles, privileges, folders, security configurations, and LDAP/Active Directory integrations.
- Support object migrations across environments using deployment groups, repository migration processes, and release management best practices.
- Monitor platform health, workflow execution, repository performance, filesystem utilization, and infrastructure resources to ensure operational reliability.
- Troubleshoot production incidents involving workflows, repositories, connectivity, performance bottlenecks, and service failures.
- Perform performance tuning of workflows, sessions, Integration Services, repositories, databases, and supporting infrastructure.
- Manage capacity planning, cache management, file systems, backup strategies, disaster recovery procedures, and business continuity processes.
- Lead PowerCenter upgrades, hotfix deployments, platform maintenance activities, and rollback procedures while minimizing business disruption.
- Coordinate with Unix/Linux, Windows, Security, Network, Database, and Infrastructure teams to resolve complex production and platform issues.
- Support PowerExchange, Change Data Capture (CDC), and enterprise integration services where applicable.
- Participate in on-call support rotations, outage management, root cause analysis (RCA), and operational improvement initiatives.
- Create and maintain operational procedures, architecture documentation, runbooks, disaster recovery guides, and support knowledge repositories.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Buffalo NY or Wilmington DE.
Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
What you need to have to be considered
- 6+ years of overall IT, Data Integration, or Middleware experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on Informatica PowerCenter Administration experience.
- Strong expertise administering:
- Informatica Domain
- Repository Service
- Integration Service
- PowerCenter Nodes
- Model Repository Service (MRS)
- Data Integration Service (DIS)
- Content Management Service (CMS)
- Hands-on experience with Informatica Administrator Console and Repository Manager.
- Experience configuring and supporting LDAP and Active Directory authentication.
- Strong expertise in migration strategies including deployment groups, object migrations, and release deployment activities.
- Experience supporting enterprise production environments with 24x7 operational requirements.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Informatica, databases, Unix/Linux, networking, security, and infrastructure components.
- Experience supporting Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata, Snowflake, and other enterprise database platforms.
- Experience with Unix/Linux administration, shell scripting, SQL, and automation scripting.
- Strong understanding of backup, restore, disaster recovery, patching, upgrades, and hotfix implementation.
- Experience managing incidents, problems, changes, outages, and root cause analysis activities.
- Excellent communication, analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
These will help you stand out
- Experience supporting PowerExchange and Change Data Capture (CDC) implementations.
- Experience administering multi-node Informatica environments and high-availability architectures.
- Expertise with enterprise-scale Informatica upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization initiatives.
- Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms, including Snowflake and hybrid integration environments.
- Experience developing automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and platform monitoring.
- Experience supporting regulated and business-critical environments with strict uptime and compliance requirements.
We're excited to meet you
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between $130,000- $150,000 depending on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by applicable law.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable compensation plans.
Pay Transparency
The salary range provided reflects Cognizant's good-faith estimate of compensation for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation offered will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, technical expertise, certifications, education, internal equity, geographic location, and business needs.
Cognizant is committed to providing competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our associates.
Benefits
Subject to applicable eligibility requirements, Cognizant offers:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off
- 401(k) Plan with Company Contributions
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programs
- Training, Certification, and Professional Development Opportunities
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
