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MongoDB Database Engineer (DBA) - Automation & Cloud

gsstech-groupBengaluru, Karnataka, India
On-site Full-time

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Experience Level

Mid to Senior

Qualifications

Mandatory Technical Skills5+ years of experience managing MongoDB in productionStrong hands-on expertise with:MongoDB Replica SetsMongoDB ShardingIndexing strategies & query optimization2–3 years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including:Replication and high availabilityBackup & restore strategiesPerformance tuningSolid understanding of:WiredTiger storage engineBackup & recovery strategies (mongodump/mongorestore, snapshots)Capacity planning and scalingStrong Linux/Unix administration skillsScripting skills:BashPython (preferred)Automation experience using:AnsibleGitExperience with cloud-based MongoDB deployments (self-managed or Atlas) Desirable Skills (Strong Advantage)MongoDB Atlas administrationTerraform / Infrastructure as CodeJenkins / GitLab CIKubernetes (MongoDB on K8s)Exposure to banking, fintech, or regulated environments

About the job

Join our dynamic team as a MongoDB Database Engineer where you will be responsible for managing, optimizing, and automating production-grade MongoDB clusters in enterprise environments. This role is not for the faint-hearted; it requires a profound understanding of MongoDB internals, we're looking for someone who can own cluster health, performance, and automation from start to finish.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer and support MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters
  • Design and maintain robust high availability and disaster recovery strategies
  • Perform backups, restores, upgrades, and patching with minimal or zero downtime
  • Monitor cluster health, replication lag, disk usage, and query performance
  • Diagnose and resolve issues such as slow queries, locking problems, index inefficiencies, and capacity bottlenecks
  • Implement security best practices including:
    • Authentication & authorization (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
  • Collaborate closely with application and DevOps teams for schema design and performance optimization
  • Participate in on-call rotations and manage production incidents
  • Maintain thorough operational documentation and runbooks

About gsstech-group

At gsstech-group, we are committed to innovation and excellence in technology solutions. Join us in a collaborative environment that fosters growth and professional development.

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