Mongo DBA

Virtusa; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa seeks a Technology Engineer to own end-to-end technical authority for Open Source databases, PostgreSQL and MongoDB. You will drive standards, automation, monitoring, and capacity planning while aligning with the platform owner to maintain roadmap-driven operational efficiency.

You will stay up-to-date with product releases and research features to backlog, ensuring performance is preserved as applications evolve in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in PostgreSQL administration and architecture.
• Strong MongoDB administration and topology knowledge.
• Experience with HA, clustering, and backup/restore.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux environments.
• Familiar with Agile development and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Own platform standards and enforce best practices.
• Lead automation, monitoring, and capacity planning initiatives.
• Research new features and backlogs for relevant products.
• Collaborate with platform owner to maintain roadmap and operational efficiency.
• Ensure PostgreSQL and MongoDB performance; oversee upgrades and patching.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQL & PL/pgSQL

Unix/Linux

Agile practices

Performance tuning

Backup/restore

Monitoring

Replication/Clustering

Security practices

Automation scripting (Bash/Python)

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Ops Manager

Job description

The Technology Engineer will resume the end to end responsibility of the technical authority of all Open Source databases PostgreSQL MongoDB engineering function While managing the day to day operational activities is not expected here this role will be accountable for the overall platform operational stability by working with the platform owner to build and maintain a streamlined product roadmap that guarantees the product operational efficiency This role will carry key activities such as Standardization Automation Monitoring and Capacity planning This requires the right candidate to be up to date with the relevant product releases and continuously conduct research and development to carefully select the features that will require to be in the relevant products backlog The role will also play a key role in establishing maintaining and enforcing standards that will ensure Database performance is preserved despite continuous development and changes from the application and development teams allowing agile delivery for all projects

• Excellent knowledge in PostgreSQL database administration
• Excellent knowledge in PostgreSQL architecture and internals
• Excellent knowledge in PostgreSQL HA and clustering
• Excellent knowledge in PostgreSQL monitoring tools
• Excellent knowledge in PostgreSQL backup/restore mechanisms
• Excellent knowledge in database patching/upgrades
• Excellent knowledge in database auditing, logging and security practices
• Excellent knowledge in Performance Tuning and Diagnostics
• Excellent knowledge in Database migration
• Good knowledge of SQL and PG PL/SQL
• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems
• Good knowledge of Agile working practices
• Good knowledge of modern automation technologies (e.g. Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform)
• Good knowledge of scripting (Bash, Python)
• Good knowledge of other databases - MongoDB
• Good knowledge in MongoDB database administration
• Good knowledge in MongoDB architecture and internals
• Good knowledge in MongoDB backup/restore mechanisms
• Good knowledge in MongoDB database patching/upgrades
• Good knowledge in Ops Manager
• Good knowledge in MongoDB replicaset and sharding