
Senior Technical Lead - Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB
About the role
Job Summary
The Platform Database Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, administering, and optimizing MongoDB (Atlas and on-premise) databases within a large-scale, cloud-based enterprise ecosystem. The role combines deep database expertise with SRE principles to ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and automation across critical data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non-Atlas environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
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Design and enforce resiliency and disaster recovery strategies, including backup, restore, and multi-region failover.
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Optimize database performance and query execution to support application development teams through all SDLC phases.
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Develop and manage infrastructure-as-code solutions (Terraform, Git Ops) for database provisioning and automation.
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Implement and refine observability and monitoring solutions using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and MongoDB native telemetry.
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Manage access control, auditing, and encryption to meet enterprise security and compliance standards.
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Collaborate with application, DevOps, and platform teams to drive continuous improvement in performance and operational excellence.
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Lead incident response for database-related issues, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
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Mentor and guide technical teams, contributing to documentation, standards, and design reviews.
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Other duties as assigned by manager.
Skill Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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Minimum of 7+ years’ experience as a MongoDB DBA, including 4+ years in MongoDB Atlas administration.
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Strong experience in AWS ecosystem (EC2, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, VPC, Lambda).
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Proficiency in Terraform, Git Ops, CI/CD automation, and containerized workloads (EKS/Kubernetes).
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Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, or equivalent observability platforms.
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Strong Linux administration and scripting (Python, Bash).
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Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
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Available for on-call rotation and incident response as required.
Other Requirements
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING
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MongoDB Certified DBA (preferred).
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer (preferred).
Benefits and perks
•Learning Budget
Required skills
MongoDB
MongoDB Atlas
Terraform
GitOps
Dynatrace
CloudWatch
Backup and restore
Disaster recovery
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