What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Database Administrator (SQL DBA, T- SQL) position at Vertafore Career Center?
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions 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
As a SQL Server Senior DBA, you will design, implement and administrator highly available systems in a 24/7 AWS environment. Our DBAs are responsible for the health, care and feeding of all databases used by Vertafore. You will work with fast-paced, skilled team of engineers and developers across multiple high-profile projects. You will also participate in IT projects from inception of the project up and through the daily maintenance phase of a project. If you are a top-notch DBA and looking for the next challenge, apply now!
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
- Create, maintain, and administer SQL Server databases.
- Ensure the databases are highly secure, available, and recoverable.
- Proactively monitor and tune the databases for maximum performance.
- Install, configure, and patch database software and complete database migrations and upgrades.
- Support web application development, with a focus on helping the team interact with the database in the most efficient and productive way possible.
- Troubleshoot and solve database and application coding problems
- Deploy the database components for new versions of our web applications to test and production environments.
- Implement or advise on implementation of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
- Perform SQL Server version upgrades.
- Perform SQL Server migrations from on- premises to cloud.
