Database Administrator

Job Summary

The Database Administrator at Quility will lead the planning, design, development, and implementation of cloud-based data platform capabilities in alignment with industry best practices. As a key member of our team, you will drive the advancement of our data platform infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, security, and compliance with industry standards.

A typical day involves collaborating with fellow engineers to deploy new databases through our automated systems and providing operational support for newly deployed software. You'll leverage your problem-solving skills to automate fixes for operational issues and integrate applications with other internal teams. Joining our inclusive environment, you'll be part of a world-class team with the agility of a start-up, gaining invaluable experience in DB storage technologies on a massive scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the development and execution of initiatives aimed at enhancing overall efficiency and meeting the increasing demands of our platform.
• Utilize strong data mining and modeling skills to facilitate idea generation and guide projects from concept to execution.
• Manage and maintain databases, including proficiency in SQL, stored procedures, functions, and views.
• Retrieve and analyze data using Excel, SQL, and other data management systems.
• Implement robust backup strategies and conduct regular testing to ensure compliance with business recovery objectives.
• Proactively diagnose and resolve SQL Server service outages, minimizing disruptions during non-business hours.
• Configure SQL Server monitoring utilities to optimize system operation and minimize false alarms.
• Collaborate with internal teams to identify process and system improvement opportunities through data analysis.
• Design and implement reporting solutions to empower stakeholders in making effective business decisions.
• Drive operational enhancement projects and uphold data standardization governance principles.
• Identify and resolve high-priority database performance issues, ensuring that all queries are optimized for efficiency.
• Administer database access controls, perform regular access reviews, and grant permissions tailored to specific tasks.
• Oversee database backup procedures, ensure proper redundancy measures are in place, and manage recovery processes to safeguard data integrity.
• Select cost-effective Azure SKUs to optimize budget and performance needs.
• Tune and enhance the performance of over 40 Azure and ERC databases, focusing on scalability and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen database security through expert insights, conducting index reviews, and optimizing performance; familiarity with MS SQL (including Azure), PostgreSQL, and Snowflake is advantageous.
• Possess server-level management expertise, especially relevant to Azure Database environments, to maintain and improve infrastructure.
• Lead database migration projects to cloud platforms, with a special emphasis on Azure environments, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal downtime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a DBA, Database Engineer, or similar role.
• At least 4 years of experience with NoSQL databases and/or other relational databases like RDS, PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on experience with database monitoring and alerting tools.
• In-depth knowledge of database security principles and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a remote team environment.
• Experience with dynamic SQL and object-oriented coding practices.
• Familiarity with data sets related to insurance carrier data.
• Certification in relevant technologies (optional but beneficial).

Company Summary

Quility is a leading technology-enabled, independent provider of insurance protection and financial wellness solutions. With thousands of agents operating in all 50 states, and a corporate staff of over 150 strong, we forge long-lasting relationships with America’s families and curate life insurance solutions to meet their evolving needs. Our advisors, partners and team members come from a variety of backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common: We are dedicated to helping our clients protect what matters most.

Supervisory Responsibility?

None.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None required for this position.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.