Clover Infotech - MongoDB Database Administrator

Clover Infotech; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Clover Infotech in United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced MongoDB Database Administrator to design, deploy, and maintain high-availability MongoDB environments in production and non-production settings. You will work with development and infrastructure teams to optimize queries, implement replica sets and sharding, perform upgrades and backups, and ensure security and compliance.

This is a hands-on, cloud-ready role in a dynamic IT environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in MongoDB Database Administration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain MongoDB databases in production and non-production environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage replica sets and Sharded Cluster architectures.
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and version migrations.
• Manage MongoDB Ops Manager for deployment automation, monitoring, backup, and operational management.
• Execute backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures.
• Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize database performance.
• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and performance tuning.
• Plan and execute database migration and upgrade activities with minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams to support database-related initiatives.
• Ensure database security, availability, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.

Skills

MongoDB

High availability

Sharding

Ops Manager

Backup & Restore

Performance tuning

Unix/Linux

MQL

Automation scripting

Cloud platforms

Job description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain MongoDB databases in production and non-production environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available MongoDB Replica Set and Sharded Cluster architectures.
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and version migrations.
• Manage MongoDB Ops Manager for deployment automation, monitoring, backup, and operational management.
• Execute backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures.
• Monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize database performance.
• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and performance tuning.
• Plan and execute database migration and upgrade activities with minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams to support database-related initiatives.
• Ensure database security, availability, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience in MongoDB Database Administration.
• In‑depth understanding of MongoDB architecture and internal components.
• Expertise in MongoDB Replica Sets and high‑availability configurations.
• Strong experience with MongoDB Sharding and distributed database architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with MongoDB Ops Manager.
• Expertise in MongoDB backup and restore strategies.
• Experience in database patching, upgrades, and version management.
• Strong knowledge of database performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience in database migration and upgrade projects.
• Good knowledge of Mongo Query Language (MQL).
• Good understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Familiarity with database monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of automation and scripting using Shell, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is an advantage.
• Understanding of database security, authentication, authorization, and encryption.
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Exposure to enterprise production environments and large‑scale deployments.

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