About Vertafore. Vertafore is the leading provider of software, services and information to the insurance distribution channel including independent agents, brokers, MGAs, carriers and reinsurers. Vertafore leverages a unique industry presence to deliver meaningful solutions, powerful technology, and robust insights to help organization effectively respond to business challenges and capture new opportunities. Vertafore solutions have helped more than 15,000 customers and 200,000 users gain competitive advantage to accelerate their business performance. For more information about Vertafore, visit www.vertafore.com.
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Vertafore is looking for a Database Developer II for its BenefitPoint Development team in Bothell, WA.
Responsible for installation, maintenance, capacity planning, performance tuning, backup and recovery and troubleshooting for development and production of large-scale databases and warehouses.
Requirements:
· Design/Recommend/write and/or maintain SQL code to support development of BenefitPoint products and services. Experienced in Oracle 10g.
· Estimate SQL code development resource needs for proposed custom products and services.
· Write PL/SQL stored procedures and/or review stored procedures written by programmers.
· Experience with Oracle SQL Loader
· Provide expert help to programmers and customer support as needed.
· Help in Oracle server performance monitoring and tuning efforts
· Provide expert advice on data access and schema design.
· Investigate new or previously unused features of the database management system.
· Aid in definition and documentation of DBMS and SQL standards.
· Write and/or participate in the development of database tools
· Provide expertise to the quality assurance (QA) organization to aid in the development of test processes and procedures involving database transaction
Qualifications:
· Knowledgeable in database design concepts and methods
Previous programming experience in C, C++, VB or other 3GL in the Linux and MS Windows environment. Some shell scripting experience desired: C shell, Bourne shell, Bash, Korn shell
· Knowledge of data access methods under Linux environment
· Web development and data access techniques including XML
· Requires 4-5 years experience in writing medium to complex SQL statements and stored procedures, in addition to database experience supporting large scale applications
· Desire to learn and expand skills to meet both personal and team goals.
· Ability to work productively, both independently and in a group environment.
· Expected to put forth extra effort when necessary to get the job done.
· Expected to speak out and defend views but also able to listen and accept compromise when necessary and appropriate.
· Ability to work well with others
· Java and J2EE experience a plus
· Linux experience a plus
· .Net experience a plus
· Accounting and/or Insurance Industry experience a plus
· Data Warehouse experience a plus
· Hibernate experience a plus
Education:
Associates and/or bachelors degree preferred.