Database Administrator - Mongo

Dimension Data; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cape Town is seeking a MONGODB Database Administrator responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of MONGODB instances, performing upgrades, backups, and providing database support within an AWS environment. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and significant experience managing MONGODB, particularly the ENTERPRISE edition.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience managing MONGODB environment.
• 4 years of experience with MONGODB ENTERPRISE edition.
• Experience working with AWS infrastructures services.

Responsibilities

• Ensure performance, availability, and security of MONGODB instances.
• Orchestrate upgrades, backups, and provisioning of database instances.
• Work with application teams for a stable MONGODB environment.

Skills

Managing installations and upgrades

Performance tuning

Backup / restore techniques

Linux operating system

Security compliance

AWS infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MONGODB ENTERPRISE with OPSMANAGER

Linux

AWS (EC2, S3)

Job description

As a MONGODB database administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of MONGODB instances. You will also be responsible for orchestrating upgrades, backups, and provisioning of database instances. You will also work in tandem with the application teams, to ensure a stable and performant MONGODB environment. The instances are hosted in our AWS account.

Requirements

• Managing installations and upgrades
• Assisting Development Teams in designing and optimising systems
• carrying out database administration tasks
• Working with SECURITY team to manage access and compliance
• Checking OS and Database logs
• Do backups and restores as requested
• Do regular disaster recovery trials
• Profile server resource usage, optimise and tweak as necessary
• Regularly review AD groups to make sure membership is still valid
• Provide output to internal and external auditors as requested
• Implement encryption and data masking options where required
• Grant permission to servers and databases in conjunction with standards as per security team
• Review DBMS software licenses for compliance as well as opportunities to reduce costs.Resolve incidents
• To research, assess and implement new features of MONGODB
• Troubleshoot and support on DBA issues
• Perform change management tasks to push data changes to various systems in the enterprise
• Identifies new opportunities for optimization, budgeting, and hiring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required
• 4 years of experience managing MONGODB environment
• 4 years of experience with MONGODB ENTERPRISE edition with OPSMANAGER
• Working on Linux servers (not necessary as an ADMIN)
• Strong proficiency in performance tuning
• Strong proficiency in backup / restore techniques
• Strong proficiency in Linux operating system and scripts developments
• Experience working with AWS infrastructures services (EC2, S3)