Senior DBRE: PostgreSQL, AWS & Cloud Reliability

Vertafore; Colorado; On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertafore, headquartered in Denver, CO, seeks a Senior Database Administrator and DBRE with 8+ years of experience to design, administer, automate, and support mission-critical databases across cloud and on‑premises platforms. You will lead modernization efforts, implement IaC with Terraform, and drive reliability and DevOps practices.

Candidates will manage PostgreSQL, RDS, Aurora, and Redshift, optimize performance, and mentor junior DBAs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing, administering, automating, and supporting PostgreSQL, SQL Server, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Redshift.
• Experience with database modernization, cloud migrations, IaC (Terraform), and automation.
• AWS Certified professional with focus on reliability engineering and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and support enterprise PostgreSQL environments in AWS and on-premises.
• Manage RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Redshift platforms.
• Lead database modernization and migration from legacy to PostgreSQL.
• Implement IaC using Terraform for database provisioning.
• Improve performance, availability, security, and reliability.
• Develop automation for patching, deployments, monitoring, and backups.
• Integrate deployments with CI/CD and DevOps processes.
• Set PostgreSQL standards, governance, and best practices.
• Provide architectural guidance to application teams adopting cloud DB services.
• Design and maintain HA/DR solutions and replication strategies.
• Optimize AWS DB costs and resource usage.
• Mentor junior DBAs and engineers; provide 24x7 production support.

Skills

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

DBRE

Education

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Database – Specialty

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Terraform Associate

EDB PostgreSQL Associate

PostgreSQL Administration Certification

Azure Database Administrator Associate (optional)

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python

PowerShell

Bash

CloudWatch

Grafana

Job description

Vertafore, headquartered in Denver, CO, seeks a Senior Database Administrator and DBRE with 8+ years of experience to design, administer, automate, and support mission-critical databases across cloud and on‑premises platforms. You will lead modernization efforts, implement IaC with Terraform, and drive reliability and DevOps practices.

Candidates will manage PostgreSQL, RDS, Aurora, and Redshift, optimize performance, and mentor junior DBAs.