Sr Database Administrator - MongoDB
Core
Design, implement, monitor, and manage highly available, scalable MongoDB environments (including Atlas) for the Kinetic payments platform, focusing on performance engineering, automation, and SRE practices.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC Database Administrator (MongoDB/SRE)
Builds
Reliable, performant, and observable MongoDB database services for the Kinetic platform
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Cloud Database Operations
Required skills
MongoDB administration, MongoDB Atlas, performance tuning, SRE practices, cloud-native operations, observability, automation scripting, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), infrastructure as code
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated
Technologies
MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, Bash, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and manage MongoDB replica sets, sharding, backups, and high availability; Optimize query execution, indexing, memory usage, and schema design; Build and improve observability dashboards and alerting; Automate operational tasks like patching and provisioning; Apply SRE principles including SLIs, SLOs, and incident response; Mentor junior DBAs and contribute to documentation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC