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Job Description

Job Title- Mongo Database Administrator

Project Location Remote + Some Travel to Reading, Pennsylvania

Project Duration- 12+ months contract

Worksite Location: If not local to Reading, Pennsylvania, the consultant will be required to travel onsite roughly 30% of the time.

Job Description-:

This position will function mostly remote but will have some travel to the clients site in Reading, Pennsylvania, but travel will be reimbursed to the consultant.

Must Have Requirements:

• 5+ years extensive experience with Mongo Db Atlas and Vector database technologies
• 5+ years' experience with cloud databases and cloud services, and Hybrid environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure).
• Strong command of SQL, PowerShell, and Unix shell scripting skills.
• Strong experience in SQL tools such as TOAD, SQL Developer, PGADMIN, Mongo CLI, Mongo DB Compass etc.
• Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards.
• Understanding relational and dimensional data modeling
• Experience in database migrations, upgrades.
• Should be experienced in schema design and data modeling.

Job Description:

• Design, deploy, and manage MongoDB and vector databases for small/large-scale applications, ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
• Will be responsible for designing, implementing, security and optimizing MongoDB infrastructure to ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and performance.
• Work with development teams to understand application requirements and provide guidance on data modeling and database design.
• Implement and maintain MongoDB clusters including replica sets and sharded clusters, ensuring data distribution and fault tolerance also Implement and maintain vector databases.
• Perform regular database performance tuning and optimization to maximize query efficiency and reduce response time.
• Develop and implement backup and recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and minimize downtime.
• Monitor and troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, query optimization, and replication problems.
• Developing/setting alerts, observability for MongoDb & vector databases
• Implement and manage database security measures, including Roles/Privileges, authentication, authorization, and encryption, to protect sensitive data.
• Collaborate with system administrators to ensure adequate hardware resources and infrastructure for various database deployments.
• Stay up to date with the latest MongoDB/Vector DB features, releases, and best practices, and evaluate their applicability to the organization's database environment.
• Document database configurations, procedures steps to maintain a comprehensive knowledge base.
• Provide guidance and support to development teams on MongoDB-related matters, including data access patterns and query optimization.
• The role involves contributing to the development and maintenance of our data infrastructure, ensuring efficient handling of complex relationships and vectors.
• Design and implement vector databases to efficiently store and retrieve high-dimensional vectors.
• Optimize database queries, indexing strategies for vector operations.
• Collaborate with application developers to integrate vector databases and knowledge graphs into various software solutions.
• Process Requirements Documents (Design Documents).
• Business process Steps/ FIORI Applications guidance for client users.
• Functional Specifications
• Unit and Integration testing evidence
• Process Flows
• Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members
• Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility
• Participate in data conversion and data maintenance
• Provide best practice and industry specific solutions
• Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions
• Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.
• Participate as a team member of the functional team

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in and IT or a related field.
• 3+ years' experience designing business solutions in a hybrid cloud environment (AWS and/or Azure)
• 10+ years Progressive years of experience in database technologies.
• 5+ years extensive experience with Mongo Db Atlas and Vector database technologies
• 5+ years' Experience with cloud databases and cloud services (AWS, Microsoft Azure).
• Strong command of SQL, PowerShell, and Unix shell scripting skills.
• Strong experience in SQL tools such as TOAD, SQL Developer, PGADMIN, Mongo CLI, Mongo DB Compass etc.
• Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards.
• Understanding relational and dimensional data modeling
• Experience in database migrations, upgrades.
• An ideal candidate should have experience in modern ways of designing, building, optimizing and deployment of database workloads in public cloud, preferably Mongo Db Atlas and Vector database technologies.
• Should be experienced in schema design and data modeling.
• Should be a driver in determining, implementing, and continuously improving the architecture and the security aspect throughout the systems, tools and workflows.
• Always striving for automation with distinctly unique mindset for optimization of database infrastructure working with an international (onsite and offshore) team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to the management.
• Experience with database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Aurora, MYSQL, Snowflake & DocumentDB & Vector DBs).

Added Bonus If Candidates Have

• Master's degree in an IT or related field
• MongoDb/Cloud Architecture certifications
• Experience with SOX/SOC1/SOC2 and other Compliance Audits
• Knowledge of SAS model
• VPC Pairing, Private/Public Links, network connectivity & security
• SSO/SAML integration
• Mentoring Client Team