Mongodb Administrator

Golden Hippo; Madurai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Hippo is seeking an experienced MongoDB/MySQL DBA to manage production databases, ensure high availability, and optimize performance across MySQL/MariaDB and MongoDB environments in our India operations.

You will design backup strategies, implement replication and sharding, and collaborate with development and IT teams to deliver reliable data services with minimal downtime. 24x7 on-call support will be part of the role.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in MySQL/MariaDB and MongoDB administration.

Responsibilities

• Setup, administer, and support MySQL/MariaDB and MongoDB database servers for Production, QA, and Development environments.

Skills

MySQL/MariaDB admin

MongoDB admin

Performance tuning

Query optimization

Replication & Sharding

Backup & recovery

Scripting (Shell/Python/PowerShell)

Monitoring tools (PMM, MongoDB Compass

Linux administration

Communication skills

On-call support

Certifications (MySQL/MongoDB)

On-call rotations

Tools

PMM

MongoDB Compass

MongoDB Atlas Monitoring

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Mongodb Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, optimize, and secure our MySQL database environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance tuning, backup and recovery, database security, and supporting application development teams. The role requires strong analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and experience with production database environments.

Skills

• 3–5 years of experience in MySQL/MariaDB and MongoDB administration with hands-on performance tuning and optimization.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL query optimization, indexing, execution plans, and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience with MongoDB performance tuning, indexing strategies, aggregation framework, query optimization, and schema design.
• Experience with MySQL Replication and MongoDB Replica Sets/Sharding setup, administration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with backup and recovery tools for both MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience with scripting (Shell, Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for database automation.
• Familiarity with PMM, MongoDB Compass, MongoDB Atlas Monitoring, or equivalent.
• Experience with Linux system administration and cloud environments is an advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively within a team.
• MySQL and/or MongoDB certifications will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to provide 24×7 production support and participate in on-call activities.

• Setup, administer, and support MySQL/MariaDB and MongoDB database servers for Production, QA, and Development environments.
• Design and implement database monitoring for performance, bottlenecks, replication health, and other issues, identify and deploy appropriate solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain database backup, restoration, disaster recovery, and upgrade strategies for MySQL and MongoDB.
• Design and implement database architectures that support business requirements, scalability, and high availability.
• Create and optimize complex SQL queries, indexes, stored procedures, bulk data extraction processes, and MongoDB aggregation pipelines and indexes.
• Build database automation tools and scripts for administration, monitoring, backup, and maintenance tasks.
• Proactively monitor database systems to ensure security, availability, and minimal downtime.
• Manage large-scale, complex distributed web applications with both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Experience supporting high-throughput, high-availability database environments.
• Perform database performance tuning using monitoring and profiling tools.
• Configure and maintain MySQL Replication/Clustering and MongoDB Replica Sets/Sharding, including tuning, sizing, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to optimize database design, deployments, and application performance.
• Provide 24×7 production database support and participate in on-call rotations.