Perform Reliably Amid Shifting Priorities
MongoDBSiteReliabilityEngineer
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“MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer at Perform Reliably Amid Shifting Priorities. Skills: MongoDB administration, Site Reliability Engineering, automation, performance tuning, incident response, observability. Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning. Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology; reduce manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience; reduce downtime and improve efficiency
Industry & Context.
Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions; identify and address bottlenecks; troubleshooting skills for production incidents and performance degradation; Proactive problem-solving and ownership mentality; solve problems creatively and effectively
On-call rotation experience and production support
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of MongoDB administration in production environments, Deep expertise in MongoDB architecture: replica sets, sharding, backup/recovery strategies, and disaster recovery, Performance tuning and optimization: query analysis, indexing strategies, and capacity planning, Proficiency in MongoDB shell, JavaScript scripting, and aggregation pipelines, troubleshooting skills for production incidents and performance degradation, Security best practices: authentication, encryption at rest/in transit, audit logging, Scripting expertise in Python and/or Bash for automation and operational tasks, CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance, Version control with Git and collaborative development practices, Database migration and upgrade strategies with zero/minimal downtime, Experience with observability platforms: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, or similar, Incident management, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation, On-call rotation experience and production support, communication skills for cross-functional collaboration, Proactive problem-solving and ownership mentality, Documentation and knowledge-sharing practices
Nice to Have
Percona Server for MongoDB or MongoDB Enterprise experience, API development with FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or Chef, Container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker
What You'll Do.
and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring
and capacity planning
analysis and response to system outages and disruptions
and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring
Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes
reducing manual workload
increasing efficiency
and improving system resilience
Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage
identify and address bottlenecks
and implement best practices for performance tuning
Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability
and performance into the software development lifecycle
work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations
actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth
automating operations
enhancing system observability
driving continuous improvements that reduce downtime and improve efficiency
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle; work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations; Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions; collaborative assignments; guide team members through structured assignments; identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments; Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy; communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Communication Scope
communication skills for cross-functional collaboration; Communicate complex information
Process & Methodology
lead collaborative assignments, identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them. **Accountabilities** * Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning. * Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring. * Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience. * Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning. * Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations. * Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. **Assistant Vice President Expectations** * To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. * Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes * If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thri
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