2025 Summer Intern: Database Administrator - SPECTRUM

Company Overview
Spectrum is the nation’s fastest-growing mobile provider and leading internet provider. Our tech teams create, develop, and operate leading connectivity products serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We connect people to what’s next.

This position is eligible to work in a hybrid work model (combination of in-office and remote days).

 

At a Glance

• You’re a motivated rising senior with a 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas listed below from an accredited college or university:
  
  • Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology
• This is a learning-intensive program designed to give you essential business insights and hands-on experience in your field of choice. It’s a full-time, 10-week commitment from May 28, 2025, through August 1, 2025.
• Benefits include professional development sessions, networking opportunities, and mentorship.

 

The Spectrum Internship Experience
You have clear aspirations and are seeking a summer internship program that will help you meet them. Find it at Spectrum, named one of the 2023 Top 100 Internship Programs in the United States by WayUp and Yello. 

Our internships are designed to provide:

• Opportunities to gain new skills and elevate the ones you already have, all in a robust and forward-thinking business setting. 
• First-rate, hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry. 
• Opportunities to connect you with people who can give you a better understanding of the industry and help you accomplish real goals you can add to your résumé, this includes assigning you a formal mentor and interactions with senior executives.

 

What you can expect in this role 
As a Spectrum Intern, you’ll be essential to two teams — your respective department and your Intern peer group. Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You’ll spend the other 20% on professional development sessions and networking activities, including the Kickoff Conference on May 28, webinars, community service, cross-functional project, and final presentations.

 

Internship responsibilities may include:

• Collaborate with database teams to build relationships.
• Understand the database technologies, platforms and architectures that supports mission critical applications.
• Understand the processes and procedures of database administration standards.
• Closely work with database administrators to shadow the day to day work, life cycle management, operational support.
• Participates in the requirements gathering and designing of new database platforms.
• Design, develop and create databases for database technologies like Oracle, NoSQL, Mongo, Redis, PostgreSQL on-premise or on Cloud.
• Understand and get hands on experience with all toolings used for database administration - settting up monitoring, backups, security, etc.

Here’s what it takes to get started 

Required qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an accredited College or University graduating with a bachelor’s degree between December 2025 - May 2026
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
• Ability to travel locally to Spectrum Intern development events and activities throughout the program
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship 

 

Preferred qualifications

• Database administration of various database technologies including Oracle, NoSQL, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL
• Unix/Python shell scripting
• Cloud technologies including AWS, Oracle Cloud, Azure
• Tooling for specific database verticals like telemetry, security, database protection required to support database administration
• Kubernettes
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Oral and written skills
• Organizational skills
• Problem solving abilities
• Proficient in Software including Adobe, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word

GGN100 2024-39751 2024

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