Our pensions client Senior Database Administrator and Back-up Consultant enterprise database Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,IT/Tech

Position: Our pensions client is seeking a Senior Database Administrator and Back-up Consultant to provide enterprise database

Our pensions client is seeking a Senior Database Administrator and Back-up Consultant to provide enterprise database and backup and recovery platform support

Join a public sector organization supporting critical pension administration services across multiple statutory and supplementary retirement plans. This role provides senior-level operational support for enterprise database and backup and recovery environments, including maintenance, performance tuning, disaster recovery support, and recoverability validation. The engagement focuses on operational stability, incident response, compliance support, and reducing recurring operational risk through automation and standardized tooling.

Contract, Remote,

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Must Haves

10+ years administering enterprise relational database platforms including maintenance, patching, upgrades, security, performance tuning, and capacity planning for a pensions client

Senior-level administration of backup and recovery platforms including scheduling, retention, monitoring, restore operations, and disaster recovery testing

Scripting
, automation, and monitoring tools supporting database and backup operations

Change management
, incident management, and problem management practices including planning, validation, documentation, and follow-up verification

Nice to Have

Experience supporting financial services, pension administration, or other highly regulated environments

Experience producing backup verification, restore-testing, and recovery evidence for audit, compliance, or cyber-insurance purposes

Experience supporting database or data protection modernization, platform upgrades, and disaster recovery exercises

Experience applying scripting, automation, and standardized tooling to reduce recurring operational effort

Relevant database, backup and recovery, cloud, or IT service management certifications

Responsibilities

Administer enterprise database platforms including maintenance, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning

Monitor database availability, security, integrity, and capacity

Administer enterprise backup and recovery services across supported environments

Investigate backup and recovery failures and perform restore testing

Document recovery evidence required for audit, compliance, and cyber-insurance requirements

Collaborate with application teams, infrastructure staff, and vendors to resolve operational issues and support projects

Implement automation, tooling, and standards to reduce recurring operational effort and risk