Database Reliability Engineer (SQL Server & PostgreSQL)

AccuWeather; State College (Centre County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AccuWeather is looking for an experienced Database Administrator to own the health and reliability of production databases (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) and help modernize the data infrastructure.

Reporting to the Data Architect II, you will design backup/recovery, high availability, security, and capacity planning while collaborating with engineering to raise operational standards and guide cloud migration efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data operations or DB admin experience (or 3+ with MS).
• Experience with SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL including backup/recovery & high availability.
• Advanced SQL/T-SQL and scripting (Python or PowerShell).
• Ability to monitor DB health and plan capacity.
• Experience migrating databases to cloud environments (Azure).

Responsibilities

• Administer SQL Server and PostgreSQL end-to-end: tuning, indexing, execution plans.
• Design and test backup, replication, DR procedures for high availability.
• Manage security: roles, permissions, access control, auditing.
• Monitor capacity: storage growth, connections, resources.
• Handle upgrades, patches, configuration tuning.
• Perform routine maintenance for performance and space reclamation.
• Monitor health and resolve production issues proactively.
• Plan migrations to cloud, optimize for target environments.
• Collaborate with Data Architect and engineering teams on standards.
• Mentor less experienced engineers.

Skills

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Security & access

Python/PowerShell

Cloud migration

Mentoring

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related

MS in related field (optional)

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

CI/CD automation

Job description

AccuWeather is looking for an experienced Database Administrator to own the health and reliability of production databases (SQL Server & PostgreSQL) and help modernize the data infrastructure.

Reporting to the Data Architect II, you will design backup/recovery, high availability, security, and capacity planning while collaborating with engineering to raise operational standards and guide cloud migration efforts.