We are looking for a
hands-on MongoDB Database Engineer
to manage, optimise, and automate
production-grade MongoDB clusters
in enterprise environments.
This role demands
deep MongoDB internals knowledge
, not surface-level CRUD familiarity. You are expected to
own cluster health, performance, and automation
end to end.
Key Responsibilities
Administer and support
MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters
Design and maintain
high availability and disaster recovery strategies
Perform
backups, restores, upgrades, and patching
with zero or minimal downtime
Monitor cluster health, replication lag, disk usage, and query performance
Diagnose and resolve
slow queries, locking issues, index inefficiencies
, and capacity bottlenecks
Implement
security best practices
:
Authentication & authorisation (RBAC)
TLS / encryption at rest
Auditing and access controls
Automate MongoDB operations using
Ansible, scripts, and CI/CD pipelines
Support MongoDB deployments on
AWS / Azure / GCP
Work closely with application and DevOps teams on schema design and performance optimisation
Participate in
on-call rotations
and handle production incidents
Maintain operational documentation and runbooks
Mandatory Technical Skills
5+ years of experience managing
MongoDB in production
Strong hands-on expertise with:
MongoDB Replica Sets
MongoDB Sharding
Indexing strategies & query optimisation
2–3 years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including:
Replication and high availability
Backup & restore strategies
Performance tuning
Solid understanding of:
WiredTiger storage engine
Backup & recovery strategies (mongodump/mongorestore, snapshots)
Capacity planning and scaling
Strong Linux/Unix administration skills
Scripting skills:
Bash
Python (preferred)
Automation experience using:
Ansible
Git
Experience with
cloud-based MongoDB deployments
(self-managed or Atlas)
Desirable Skills (Strong Advantage)
MongoDB Atlas administration
Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
Jenkins / GitLab CI
Kubernetes (MongoDB on K8s)
Exposure to
banking, fintech, or regulated environments
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent –
Preferred
MongoDB Certified DBA / Developer –
Nice to have
Behavioural Expectations (Non-Negotiable)
Robust ownership mindset — production issues are
your responsibility
Ability to work under pressure during incidents
Clear, professional communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to manage
multiple production environments simultaneously