Smartedge’s Client is looking for an individual to help with their Mongo DB DBA
Role Location : Limerick, Ireland/Hybrid
Role Type : Contract
Job Description :
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) with deep expertise in MongoDB and a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Database Administration:
Design, implement, and manage MongoDB clusters (replica sets, sharding, backups, etc.)
Monitor database performance and optimize queries and indexes
Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies are in place
Manage schema design and data modeling for scalable applications
Performance Engineering
Analyze and optimize MongoDB performance across query execution, indexing, memory usage, and I/O.
Design and implement efficient data models and schema strategies for high-throughput, low-latency applications.
Conduct performance benchmarking, load testing, and capacity planning.
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve application-database interaction patterns.
Cloud-Native Database Operations
Architect and manage MongoDB deployments in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), including MongoDB Atlas.
Implement automated provisioning, scaling, and failover using infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Ensure secure, compliant, and cost-effective cloud database operations.
SRE & Reliability Engineering
Apply SRE principles to database operations: define SLIs/SLOs, manage error budgets, and drive incident response.
Build self-healing and auto-scaling mechanisms for MongoDB clusters.
Develop and maintain observability dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog.
Lead root cause analysis and postmortems for performance and reliability incidents.
Automation & Tooling
Automate backups, restores, patching, and monitoring using scripting (Python, Bash) and orchestration tools.
Integrate MongoDB metrics into centralized logging and monitoring platforms.
Maintain CI/CD pipelines for database schema changes and configuration management.
SRE Practices:
Apply SRE principles to database operations (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets)
Automate operational tasks using scripts and infrastructure-as-code tools
Participate in on-call rotations and incident response
Conduct postmortems and root cause analysis for database-related incidents
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