Database Administrator III

🕒 August 24

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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AccuWeather

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1962

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

AccuWeather is a global leader in weather forecasting services, providing highly accurate weather information and forecasts for various locations worldwide. The company offers a range of products and services including digital advertising, APIs, mobile apps, and subscription services like AccuWeather Premium and AccuWeather Professional. It features weather news, radar and maps, and specialized forecasts, such as hurricane tracking and severe weather alerts. Through its innovative RealFeel® and RealFeel Shade™ technologies, AccuWeather delivers personalized weather insights, enhancing safety and convenience for businesses and individuals alike. The company's mission is to deliver superior accuracy in weather reporting and forecasts.

📋 Description

• Administer SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases end to end, including performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategy, and execution plan analysis • Design, implement, and regularly test backup, replication, and disaster recovery procedures • Manage database security, roles, permissions, access control, and auditing • Monitor and plan database capacity, including storage growth, connection pooling, and resource allocation • Manage database version upgrades, patching cycles, and configuration tuning • Perform routine database maintenance, including index/statistics upkeep, vacuuming, storage optimization, and space reclamation • Proactively monitor database health and performance and resolve issues before they affect production • Manage cloud cost optimization and capacity planning, including license reporting, resource forecasting, and Azure compute spend optimization • Partner with the Data Architect and engineering teams to establish database standards and improve operational practices • Plan and execute database migrations to the cloud • Build working relationships with engineering teams and communicate database constraints and recommendations • Share database expertise and best practices with less experienced administrators and engineering team members • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in data operations or database administration, or MS with 3+ years of experience • Demonstrated experience as a database administrator with SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, security and access management, and capacity planning • Advanced SQL/T-SQL proficiency • Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python or PowerShell) for database automation • Ability to design and implement monitoring solutions for database health, performance, and capacity • Experience with, or strong working knowledge of, migrating databases to cloud-based environments such as Microsoft Azure • Awareness of the monetary costs associated with operational work • Demonstrated experience mentoring or coaching less experienced engineers • Strong systems thinking • Sound judgment balancing database performance, availability, security, and cost trade-offs • Excellent written communication • Ability to lead complex incident response and drive systemic reliability improvement independently

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work option • Equal employment opportunity • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities