Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vertafore is a leading provider of digital systems for the insurance industry, focused on enhancing operational efficiency through innovative technology. They are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to design and manage PostgreSQL environments, lead database modernization efforts, and ensure high availability and reliability of database services.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and support enterprise PostgreSQL environments in AWS and on-premises environments
• Manage Amazon RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift platforms
• Lead database modernization and migration initiatives from legacy database platforms to PostgreSQL
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform for database provisioning and management
• Improve database performance, scalability, availability, reliability, and security
• Develop automation solutions for database patching, deployments, monitoring, backup validation, and maintenance
• Integrate database deployments with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes
• Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Grafana, and custom automation
• Establish PostgreSQL standards, governance, and operational best practices
• Provide architectural guidance for application teams adopting PostgreSQL and cloud-native database services
• Design and maintain HA/DR solutions, replication technologies, and recovery strategies
• Optimize AWS database costs and resource utilization while maintaining performance objectives
• Mentor junior DBAs and engineers and lead strategic database initiatives
• Provide 24x7 production support for mission-critical applications and services

Skills

• 8+ years of experience designing, administering, automating, and supporting mission-critical PostgreSQL, SQL Server, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift environments across cloud and on-premises platforms
• Experience in database modernization, cloud migrations, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, observability, and automation
• AWS Certified professional with a strong focus on reliability engineering, operational excellence, and DevOps practices
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Database – Specialty (or equivalent database certification)
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• EDB PostgreSQL Associate / PostgreSQL Administration Certification
• PostgreSQL, AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, SQL Server, Terraform, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Bash, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Grafana, High Availability, Replication, Backup & Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Capacity Planning, Database Automation, Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE)
• Travel required up to 10% of the time
• Located and working from an office location
• Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds
• Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.)
• Frequent sitting and/or standing
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

Benefits

• Bonus
• Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you’d like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding.
• Travel required up to 10% of the time.
• Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

Company Overview