Senior Linux DBA - Remote (PST) & Uptime Champion

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

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.