Kevin Terry

About Kevin Terry

Technology leader and Microsoft SQL Server DBA with extensive and proven leadership skills acquired in the field of RDBMS technologies, Database Architecture, Data Management, Project Management and Database Administration. Proven success building and scaling DataOps and Database Administration teams, implementing governance frameworks, and aligning data strategy with business outcomes. Experienced in driving data quality, lineage, and cataloging initiatives to ensure trusted, compliant, and business-ready data. 8+ years leading Database Administration teams with over 10+ years of experience in SQL Server Database Administration for technology, automotive, and finance companies. Migrated the infrastructures of two companies to AWS in 2017, totaling 120 SQL Servers moved to AWS cloud for an automotive technology company. Partnered with C-suite executives, developers, and infrastructure teams to design and implement scalable, high-availability database solutions. Led the project to research, test, and implement new Data Protection tool, resulting in immutable backups, ransomware protection, automated container builds, backup times reduced from 8-12 hours to under 2 hours, test environment refreshes reduced from 24 hours to 3 hours.

Experience

1. Manager IT Engineering - Sql Server Databases

   The Hartford

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Own enterprise database platform strategy and governance across hybrid cloud• Lead a 15–20 person database administration and engineering organization

Education

• Saint Michael's College

  Bachelor of Arts, History

Skills

• Databases
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Data Warehousing
• Database Design
• Ssis
• Sql
• T-Sql
• Iis
• Mysql
• System Administration
• Xml
• Crystal Reports
• Ssrs
• Stored Procedures
• Visual Studio
• Database Administration
• Transact-Sql (T-Sql)
• Sql Server Integration Services (Ssis)
• Data Architecture
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Performance Tuning
• Data Modeling
• Sql Tuning
• Replication
• Relational Databases