Technology Engineer MongoDB

D4 Insight; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

D4 Insight in Dubai, UAE is seeking a Technology Engineer - MongoDB to manage enterprise MongoDB environments for large-scale banking applications. You will implement replica sets, sharding, migrations, backups, and disaster recovery strategies.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, automation, and collaboration with DevOps and development teams to ensure high availability and reliability of critical data services across distributed databases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of MongoDB administration experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of replica sets, sharding, and Ops Manager.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux and database migrations.
• Experience with backup, recovery, and DR planning.

Responsibilities

• Administer MongoDB replica sets, sharding, and distributed environments.
• Perform installation, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor health, performance, and capacity; tune queries.

Skills

MongoDB Administration

Replica Sets

Sharding

MongoDB Ops Manager

MongoDB Query Language

Performance Tuning

Backup & Recovery

Unix/Linux

Database Migration

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

Job Description:

Location: Dubai, UAE

Experience: 5+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking Technology Engineer - MongoDB to manage and optimize enterprise MongoDB environments supporting large-scale banking applications. The role focuses on database administration, high availability, performance tuning, migration, automation, and operational excellence across distributed database environments.

Key Responsibilities

MongoDB Administration

• Administer MongoDB Replica Sets, Sharding, and distributed database environments.
• Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and database migrations.
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor database health, performance, and capacity.

Performance & Automation

• Optimize MongoDB performance through query tuning and indexing strategies.
• Manage MongoDB Ops Manager and operational monitoring.
• Automate database administration tasks using scripting and automation tools.
• Ensure database security, availability, and reliability.

Collaboration

• Work with Development, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams on database initiatives.
• Support multiple enterprise technology projects simultaneously.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Participate in production support and incident resolution.

Required Skills

• MongoDB Administration
• Replica Sets & Sharding
• MongoDB Ops Manager
• MongoDB Query Language (MQL)
• Performance Tuning
• Backup & Recovery
• Unix / Linux
• Database Migration

Preferred Skills

• Bash / Python Scripting
• Ansible
• Jenkins
• Terraform
• Banking or Financial Services Experience

Requirements: