Technology Services Lead

Bank of America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 92,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an experienced MongoDB Database Administrator to design and manage scalable MongoDB deployments, including sharded clusters and replica sets, in enterprise environments.

This role emphasizes performance tuning, high availability, and automation with Python and shell scripting, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support mission-critical applications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of job related experience.
• Experience with MongoDB in production environments.
• Knowledge of sharding, replication, and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Manages and prioritises multiple tasks and assignments for the team including tracking tasks and tickets in system(s) of record, ensuring enterprise service level agreements are met, and participating in defect, incident, problem, and change review meetings and release activities.
• Provides point of escalation for team members, peers, and partner teams, and shares the leadership Point of Contact for triage of high priority incidents or consulting engagements.
• Performs all responsibilities of team members from applicable teams.
• Works with appropriate teams to ensure alerts, monitoring, dashboards, and processes are established appropriately for new projects and initiatives.
• Participates and helps with resource interviews and onboarding processes.
• Performs access reviews, conducts compliance activities, and serves as a delegate for administrative processes.
• Creates the on call rotation schedule and ensures support for off hours, weekends, and release windows.
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data integrity and business continuity.
• Administer and maintain MongoDB production environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Design and implement MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets, enabling horizontal scalability and fault tolerance.
• Define efficient data models and schema designs aligned with application requirements and performance goals.
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis.
• Monitor system performance and conduct capacity planning to support growing workloads.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, replication errors, and production incidents, ensuring minimal downtime.

Skills

MongoDB

Sharding

Replication

Data Modeling

Performance Tuning

Python

Shell Scripting

Linux/Unix

Cloud Atlas / AWS / Azure / GCP

Tools

Jira

Job description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Position Summary:

Experienced MongoDB Database Administrator with strong expertise in designing and managing highly scalable, distributed database systems. Proven ability to implement sharding, replication, and performance tuning strategies, along with advanced troubleshooting and automation using Python and shell scripting. Adept at optimizing database performance, ensuring high availability, and supporting mission-critical applications in enterprise environments. This job is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities and functions for the assigned team. Key responsibilities include delegating work to team members, supervising work processes, providing informal leadership of sub teams or technology silos, managing on call and support schedules, and providing leadership, mentorship, and direction to team members. Job expectations include solving complex technical and analytical issues and effectively communicating results to senior management and Line of Business partners.

Responsibilities:

• Manages and prioritises multiple tasks and assignments for the team including tracking tasks and tickets in system(s) of record, ensuring enterprise service level agreements are met, and participating in defect, incident, problem, and change review meetings and release activities
• Provides point of escalation for team members, peers, and partner teams, and shares the leadership Point of Contact for triage of high priority incidents or consulting engagements
• Performs all responsibilities of team members from applicable teams
• Works with appropriate teams to ensure alerts, monitoring, dashboards, and processes are established appropriately for new projects and initiatives
• Participates and helps with resource interviews and onboarding processes
• Performs access reviews, conducts compliance activities, and serves as a delegate for administrative processes
• Creates the on call rotation schedule and ensures support for off hours, weekends, and release windows
• Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data integrity and business continuity
• Administer and maintain MongoDB production environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability
• Design and implement MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets, enabling horizontal scalability and fault tolerance
• Define efficient data models and schema designs aligned with application requirements and performance goals
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis
• Monitor system performance and conduct capacity planning to support growing workloads
• Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, replication errors, and production incidents, ensuring minimal downtime

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of job related experience required .
• Experience in Databases: MongoDB (Primary)
• Key Concepts: Sharding, Replication, OPS manager, Clustering, Data Modeling
• Performance: Query Optimization, Indexing, Capacity Planning, Tuning
• Automation: Python, Shell Scripting (Bash)
• Experience in Platform: Linux/Unix
• Experience in Cloud: MongoDB Atlas on AWS, Azure, & GCP
• Experience in Other: Backup & Recovery, Security, High Availability Architecture

Desired Qualifications:

• Financial industry experience desired ..
• Support of MongoDB, TigerGraph, SingleStore, and Cassandra
• Knowledge of Jira
• Skills: Collaboration Influence Production Support Risk Management Solution Design Analytical Thinking Architecture Innovative Thinking Result Orientation Stakeholder Management Adaptability Automation DevOps Practices Project Management Solution Delivery Process
• Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40
• Pay Transparency details US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)
• Pay and benefits information Pay range $92,100.00 - $160,100.00 annualised salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
• Discretionary incentive eligible This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan.
• Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviours, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits:

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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