Database Administrator - Remote - PST Zone

Recruiting in Motion; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruiting in Motion is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for a fully remote role available to West Coast Canada residents. You will maintain MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server instances, ensuring uptime, security, and performance, while supporting engineering with lightweight development tasks.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of DBA experience in Linux environments, strong automation skills with Bash/Python, and hands-on expertise with backup, DR, and replication. PST hours apply.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of DBA experience focused on infrastructure maintenance and operations.
• Strong Linux server experience with open-source databases.
• Production experience maintaining MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
• Scripting in Bash or Python for automation.
• Experience with backups, DR, replication, and data encryption.

Responsibilities

• Core Maintenance & Tuning: Administer, monitor, and tune DB engines.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Own backup/recovery workflows and multi-node replication.
• Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks, audit queries, optimize execution plans.
• Automated Administration: Automate routine tasks using scripts.
• Upgrades & Security: Perform upgrades, migrations, and enforce access controls.
• Development Support: Assist with schema changes and data modeling reviews.

Skills

Linux

Automation

SQL Development

On-call

Backup & Recovery

Performance Tuning

Replication & Clustering

Scripting (Bash or Python)

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Job description

About Our Client

Our client is a technology-driven enterprise focused on scale, speed, and high system availability. They operate a modern hybrid infrastructure, with a strong operational preference for Linux-based open-source environments.

They are looking for a Senior Database Administrator who prioritizes system maintenance, uptime, and core administration, while possessing the baseline development skills required to support engineering teams. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on keeping data systems stable, secure, and highly performant.

This is a fully remote position

open exclusively to candidates residing on the West Coast of Canada who are available to work core business hours in the Pacific Standard Time (PST) zone.

Responsibilities

• Core Maintenance & Tuning: Administer, monitor, and tune production, staging, and development database engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server).
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Own backup and recovery workflows, test restore procedures, and maintain multi-node replication topologies.
• Performance Optimization: Proactively identify infrastructure bottlenecks, audit execution plans, and resolve slow-running queries.
• Automated Administration: Streamline routine DBA tasks—like patching, backups, and health monitoring—using Python or Bash scripts.
• Upgrades & Security: Execute database upgrades and data migrations with minimal downtime, while enforcing strict user access controls and data encryption.
• Development Support: Provide lightweight development assistance, including modifying database schemas, troubleshooting stored procedures, and reviewing data models with software engineers.
• Incident Response: Participate in the production on-call rotation, lead technical incident resolution, and update operational runbooks.

Qualifications

• Location & Availability: Must reside on the West Coast of Canada (e.g., British Columbia) and be fully available to align with Pacific Standard Time (PST) schedules.
• Professional Background: 7+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator (DBA), with a clear career emphasis on infrastructure maintenance and database operations.
• Linux Shop Preference: Deep familiarity operating within Linux server environments, managing open-source databases, and utilizing CLI tools.
• Multi-Engine Exposure: Strong production experience maintaining MySQL and PostgreSQL, along with supporting knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server.
• Automation Skills: Practical experience writing automation scripts using Bash or Python to handle routine administrative duties.
• Baseline SQL Development: Solid ability to read, optimize, and write SQL queries, views, and indexes to support development teams.
• Infrastructure Fundamentals: Proven experience configuring database replication, clustering, enterprise backup systems, and data encryption.
• Operations & Logistics: Experience supporting live enterprise systems, working in an on-call rotation, and collaborating across engineering departments.