MongoDB Engineer

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Working with one of our top financial clients, this role calls for a MongoDB Engineer. In this position, you will design and implement advanced MongoDB standards, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance database environments that align with enterprise needs. This is a contract opportunity with potential for extension and full-time conversion.

Responsibilities

Design replica set and sharded cluster topologies based on workload requirements such as read/write patterns, data growth, latency, and multi-AZ/region deployments
Develop schema and index strategies aligned with document modeling best practices
Perform capacity planning and conduct performance tuning on IOPS, CPU, RAM, and storage systems
Create backup and restore strategies to ensure data integrity and availability
Implement security hardening measures including RBAC, TLS, encryption-at-rest, auditing, IP allowlists, and compliance with CIS benchmarks
Integrate observability tools such as metrics, logs, and tracing for monitoring MongoDB environments
Manage release cycles including rolling upgrades, feature compatibility versions, and patching schedules
Automate database provisioning, patching, and configuration using Ansible (IaC), ensuring idempotency and drift remediation
Collaborate with application teams for data modeling reviews and optimize performance tuning strategies
Define standards, develop runbooks, conduct readiness and disaster recovery testing, ensuring compliance with frameworks like SOC2, ISO27001, PCI, and HIPAA
Desired Skill-Set

5+ years of experience administering MongoDB in a production environment at scale, including replica sets and sharded clusters
3+ years of expertise with Ansible, including roles, collections, CI/CD integration, and testing with Molecule
Strong Linux foundation (RHEL/Ubuntu), networking knowledge, and understanding of storage and TLS/PKI fundamentals
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash and Python for automation and operational tooling
Nice to Have

MongoDB Certified DBA or Developer certification
Experience with Ops Manager and MongoDB Atlas at scale
Background working in compliance-driven environments and performance engineering