Lead MongoDB Administrator - IT Operations

Job Title : Senior MongoDB DBA/Lead MongoDB Administrator

Company : Fintech

Location : Noida 5 Days Work From Office (WFO)

Experience : 10+ Years

Role Purpose :

We are looking for a highly experienced MongoDB DBA to own and manage mission-critical, high-scale MongoDB environments. This role is core to ensuring database availability, performance, scalability, and security for fintech-grade systems handling large transaction volumes.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own end-to-end administration of MongoDB databases in production

- Design, deploy, and manage Replica Sets & Sharded Clusters

- Ensure high availability, backup, recovery, and DR readiness

- Perform advanced performance tuning (queries, indexing, storage)

- Plan and execute MongoDB upgrades, migrations, and patching

- Implement security best practices (RBAC, encryption, auditing)

- Proactively monitor DB health and troubleshoot production issues

- Collaborate with backend, platform, infra, and SRE teams

- Drive capacity planning and server sizing based on growth needs

- Automate routine DBA tasks using Python / Bash / Shell scripting

Must-Have Skills :

- 10+ years overall experience with strong MongoDB DBA ownership

- Deep expertise in MongoDB architecture, internals, sharding & replication

- Hands-on production experience with large-scale databases

- Strong knowledge of backup & recovery strategies

- Linux system administration experience

- Performance troubleshooting in high-throughput environments

- Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills

Good to Have :

- Experience with MongoDB Atlas

- Exposure to AWS / Cloud infrastructure

- Knowledge of Kubernetes / containerized environments

- Experience in fintech / payments / BFSI ecosystems

- Exposure to other NoSQL systems (Redis, Cassandra)

Work Environment :

- 5 days work from office Noida

- Fast-paced, ownership-driven engineering culture

- High impact role with real production responsibility