Sr. Technical Lead, Database Administrator

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. Whether you're interested in engineering or development, marketing or sales, or something else – if this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in the US, Canada, and India.

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

Job description

At Vertafore, our Database team plays a critical role in powering the backbone of our Products and applications by managing a robust and sophisticated database environment hosted on AWS and OnPrem. This environment includes Oracle Enterprise running on EC2 instances, Cassandra and Amazon Aurora PgSQL on RDS. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of database health, stability, and availability to ensure seamless, uninterrupted service for our customers. By leveraging cutting-edge cloud technologies and best practices, our team drives innovation and reliability in support of Vertafore mission to deliver exceptional software solutions.

Required Skills & Responsibilities:

• Hands-on experience with relevant AWS services for database management, including RDS (Oracle,PgSQL), EC2, DMS, CloudWatch, IAM, S3, and VPC.
• DevOps Principles - Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies and a focus on automation, continuous integration, and delivery for efficient database operations in the cloud.
• Manage the operational aspects of Cloud-based and on-prem databases, including cloud security, auditing, monitoring, database availability, backup and recovery.
• CI/CD Pipelines - Experience in integrating database operations into CI/CD pipelines, utilizing tools like Jenkins and GitHub for automated deployments and testing.
• Ability to design and implement infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources.
• Scripting - Proficiency in scripting languages like PL/SQL, SQL, Unix/Linux Shell, Perl, and Python for automation and administration tasks.
• Upgrade and patch Oracle, PgSQL, MySQL, MongoDB databases using various techniques for minimal downtime.
• Creating and managing standby databases, High-Availability architecture.
• Advanced skills in diagnosing and resolving database performance issues using tools like AWR, ADDM, ASH, and TKPROF.
• Automate and test backup and recovery solutions for highly available databases across multiple technologies.
• Help document, design, maintain and evaluate major changes to standards and procedures related to database technology direction changes.
• Participate in on-call support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with development teams, stakeholders, and potential clients.

ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience as an Oracle production DBA environment.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with AWS EC2, RDS and PostgreSQL preferred.

Monitoring & BI Tools:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5
• Configuring database monitoring through templates
• Knowledge of DynaTrace and Power BI is a plus.

Certifications:

Oracle OCP DBA, OCI, or AWS certifications are often preferred.

Why Vertafore is the place for you: *Canada Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• Medical, vision & dental plans
• Life, AD&D
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Pension Plan & Employer Match
• Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Education Assistance
• Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition

Why Vertafore is the place for you: *US Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• We have a Flexible First work environment Our North America team members use our offices for collaboration, community and team-building, with members asked to sometimes come into an office and/or travel depending on job responsibilities. Other times, our teams work from home or a similar environment.
• Medical, vision & dental plans
• PPO & high-deductible options
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options:
• Health Care FSA
• Dental & Vision FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Commuter FSA
• Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plain & Employer Match
• Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance
• Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Education & Legal Assistance
• Additional programs - Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Commuter Benefits (Denver)

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

The Professional Services (PS) and Customer Success (CX) bonus plans are a quarterly monetary bonus plan based upon individual and practice performance against specific business metrics. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.

The Vertafore Incentive Plan (VIP) is an annual monetary bonus for eligible employees based on both individual and company performance. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.

Commission plans are tailored to each sales role but common components include quota, MBO's and ABPMs. Salespeople receive their formal compensation plan within 30 days of hire.

Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.

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