Sr. Database Administrator
Listed on 2026-10-02
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator
$125,000 - $150,000 / year
The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations. Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity - speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth h over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust, giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.
Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
$125,000 - $150,000 / year
The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations. Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity - speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth h over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust, giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.
Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
As a Sr. Database Administrator, you will be responsible for the design, administration, performance, reliability, and operational support of enterprise SQL Server database platforms supporting critical business applications. This role requires strong expertise in SQL Server across on-premises and AWS environments, with a focus on performance tuning, high availability, automation, operational stability, and production support.
You will work closely with application teams, SRE, Cloud Operations, and other stakeholders to understand database requirements, troubleshoot complex issues, recommend solutions, and continuously improve database reliability and operational efficiency. You will participate throughout the technology lifecycle, from project planning and implementation through production readiness and ongoing operational support.
Core Requirements And Responsibilities- Strong experience with SQL Server administration in on-premises and AWS environments, including SQL Server on EC2 and Amazon RDS.
- Advanced T-SQL scripting, troubleshooting, and database administration skills.
- Strong experience with SQL Server performance tuning and query optimization, including execution plan analysis, wait statistics, indexing, statistics, and workload analysis.
- Proactively identify and remediate regressed queries, long-running and resource-intensive queries, inefficient execution plans, CPU/IO bottlenecks, blocking, deadlocks, and other performance issues.
- Strong knowledge of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Transactional Replication, and Log Shipping.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues involving database integrity, performance, availability, migrations, replication, connectivity, security, backup/recovery, and database operations.
- Perform SQL Server installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migrations, maintenance,…
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