Senior Database Engineer

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Job Description

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Company Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.   

Position Overview

CoStar Group serves up over 1.8PB of data from more than 800 SQL Servers that span four On-Premise data centers, two continents, and six different time zones and we are expanding to AWS Cloud solution rapidly and start to support Aurora MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Databricks, Snowflake and MongoDB Atlas and other DB engines on the cloud. Our highly motivated, extremely talented DBA group is looking for an exceptionally bright Senior Database Administrators / Database Engineers both On-prem and AWS Cloud that will help the company continue to grow to the next level. If you are passionate about automating and programming to support databases, this is your job! Our goal is to provide an exceptional experience for our customers through continued development, refinement, and improvement of our industry-leading applications.

We are a data-centric; Microsoft focused shop that uses the latest SQL Server, AWS RDS, DynamoDB and .NET technologies for major applications and also supports MongoDB, and more.  As a member of the team, you will be relied on for your problem-solving, communication, collaboration, project management, and process adherence skills.

This position is located in Washington, DC and will be 3 days onsite and 2 days remote per week.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server, including administration, replication, backup/restore procedures and related components such as Reporting Services, Analysis Services, and Integration Services. 
• Implement and Maintain Automated Processes using TSQL/PowerShell/Python scripts
• Understand AWS-based architecture and closely work with DevOps, SecOps and develop scripts to deploy and maintain the environment.
• Install, configure, monitor, and maintain databases in the production, development, and quality assurance environments.
• Recommend and implement solutions for SQL performance monitoring, tuning, and automation.
• Understand SAN-based storage and related technologies, specifically as applicable and useful to MS SQL Server installations.
• Work with the Operations team planning server hardware, storage, and OS configuration upgrades to help get the most out of SQL Server for specific application requirements and performance metrics.
• Process database change requests, including the creation and modification of databases, tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, jobs, etc. in accordance with change control policies.
• Analyze problems, anticipate future problem areas, and implement solutions.
• Work outside of normal business hours as required to complete projects, work on deployments, and resolving system outages.
• To be placed on on-call rotation for a week every 3 months and respond to system alerts

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 / 2017 / 2019 supporting high-traffic websites.
• Experience with the implementation and support of database replication.
• Experience working with very large databases, upgrades, troubleshooting performance, etc.
• Experience with the implementation and support of SQL database replication via script
• Experience with SQL Server High Availability Architecture (AlwaysOn) and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of Windows Server configuration and management, specifically as it relates to MS SQL Server installations and mission-critical systems.
• Excellent understanding of coding with Microsoft T-SQL and stored procedures.
• Desire to learn and administrate new cloud technologies in order to support a variety of database engines such as AWS Database Engines (RDS, DynamoDB, Atlas MongoDB)
• Experience with adhering to and implementing best practices within an enterprise environment that includes using source control for all database-related artifacts (including jobs, SSIS packages, and replication configuration) and following a change request/notification policy.
• Experience with either Python scripting and/or PowerShell is required
• Experience with TFS/Visual Studio Database Projects, Azure DevOps, Terraform, CloudFormation, or any other CI/CD with a Source Control system is required.
• Experience with SANs (3PAR/EMC/Pure), specifically with aspects related to MS SQL Server.
• Understands and is able to properly implement backup and disaster recovery procedures.
• Excellent work ethic and willingness to put in significant extra time with large team members are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong AWS experience 
• Deep Knowledge of Relational Database Management experience such as MS SQL, Aurora / RDS PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redshift is preferred.
• Deep knowledge of Azure DevOps / Terraform / GitHub is a big plus
• NoSQL database experience (MongoDB/Hadoop/Redis/DynamoDB/Elastic Search)
• Experienced with automation and deployment tools & Scripts: MS Team Foundation Service, ELK, PRTG, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.
• AWS solution architect certification
• Any other programming skills are valuable, such as C#
• Having knowledge of all aspects of Azure Database Engines (Managed Instances, Data Warehouse), including administration
• Azure solutions architect associate certification
• Excellent technical expertise in relevant state-of-the-art data technologies, database warehouse data security, data systems, and its design. Able to formulate and present various solutions for business initiatives and discuss pros/cons for each option.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Kibana, CloudWatch, DataDog, or any other tools, etc.

What’s in it for You:

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing