Database Administrator
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Aug 18, 2026
This job expires in: 28 days
Job Summary
Seeking a full-time Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and support database systems in a remote environment, focusing on the day-to-day operations, availability, backups, and performance of production and development databases while contributing to automation and modernization efforts.
Key responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) in production and development environments
- Perform routine database operations such as backup and recovery, schema changes, patching, upgrades, and security hardening
- Support incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery for database-related issues
Required qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle (PostgreSQL strongly preferred)
- Solid grasp of daily DBA operational tasks, including backups, replication, security, user management, and logging
- Basic experience with performance tuning; medium level strongly preferred
- Basic knowledge of Linux systems, including filesystem layout and OS-level tools
- Experience with configuration management (Ansible) and automation/deployment tools
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