Database Services Team Lead

biBerk is building a cloud-first, API driven, dynamic insurance platform that enables customers to purchase insurance policies directly online. Expanding our team, we are adding experienced software innovators to enhance our development efforts.

This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills. The Team Lead for Database Services position will lead a team of database administrators and database developers, help coordinate the day-to-day activities of various team members, assist the team with roadblocks, and lead planning sessions. This team lead will work closely with other development and technology teams to support their efforts and ensure biBerk’s database systems are performing properly. They will also serve as an individual contributor on the database team, taking on tasks for both technical design and development.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage the database team including managing sprint obligations and mentoring junior team members
• Serve as technical SME for database services
• Design database systems to meet business objectives while fitting into the enterprise platform ecosystem
• Contribute to cross-team platform design decisions
• Collaborate with the Product team to ensure that requirements are understood, and short-term and long-term business objectives are met
• Follow department-wide technical, process, and quality standards while contributing to their improvement
• Participate in staffing decisions including interviews and hiring
• Take a lead role in creating technical documentation and content, ensuring that knowledge is transferred across the team
• Ensure that the team achieves system performance goals
• Lead the database team to think with a security first mindset
• Take ownership of problems and solutions, being proactive to ensure success
• Provide innovative problem-solving skills, thinking outside the box
• Occasional travel to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA area for strategy meetings (several times per year)
• Design and manage Microsoft SQL server infrastructure
• Design and manage Azure SQL server infrastructure
• Design and manage Azure Cosmos database infrastructure
• Design and manage Azure Data Factory
• Design and write scripts to transform or fix data as necessary in SQL and Cosmos

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Related field or equivalent working experience
• 10+ Years of proven experience in a database administrator\database engineer\database developer or similar role, preferably a role that combined both administration and developer tasks, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, collaboration capabilities, and attention to detail
• Experience working on large software development projects while collaborating across multiple agile teams
• Ability to work from 8:00AM-4:30PM eastern time, this is currently a full-time remote position
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours requests

Required Technology Experience

• Experience managing Azure SQL PaaS instances
• Experience managing Azure Cosmos database instances
• Experience working with Azure data factory to move and transform data
• T-SQL
• Ability to write and understand Microsoft SQL stored procedures, functions, triggers
• Experience working with Microsoft SQL tables, views and other core objects
• Experience managing security and access within Microsoft SQL server
• Microsoft SQL server 2014 or newer
• Ability to troubleshoot complex query performance issues using profiler or similar tools
• Basic security concepts as it relates to Microsoft SQL and Azure Cosmos

About biBerk

biBerk is where commercial insurance buyers can obtain coverage for their businesses from insurers of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, one of the best capitalized insurance groups in the world. Our parent, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (berkshirehathaway.com) is a holding company with diversified interests in a host of industries, including insurance, energy, transportation and manufacturing. Most policies issued through biBerk.com will be underwritten by Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company ("BHDIC"), which is an AM Best rated A++ insurer.

BHDIC is domiciled in Omaha, Nebraska. BHDIC and the team at biBerk are focused on helping small business owners quickly and easily buy affordable insurance directly from a financially strong insurance company they can trust.

Some Highlights of our benefits are:

• Great work environment with growth opportunity
• Subsidized downtown parking
• Competitive compensation
• Generous amounts of vacation and sick time
• Closed on major holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• A fantastic healthcare package
• Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of employment

In accordance with pay transparency laws and regulations, the following good faith compensation range estimate is being provided.  The salary range for this position is $130,000- $150,000 per year.  Final compensation will be based on candidate qualifications, geographic location, and other considerations permitted by law.