Senior MongoDB DBA / Lead MongoDB Administrator

Senior MongoDB DBA / Lead MongoDB Administrator

Company: Fintech

Location: Noida 5 Days Work From Office (WFO)

Experience:10+ Years

Compensation:4045 LPA (CTC)

Includes ~10% Variable Pay

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