Mongo DBA with exposure to scripting

A MongoDB DBA (or database administrator) is responsible for day-to-day support/maintenance of the MongoDB infrastructure.
The role is accountable for providing L2/L3 technical support, from assigned projects, incident and problem managed to stability initiatives, life cycle projects and other BAU tasks which includes liaising with Engineering, partnering with peer teams like Unix, Windows, Storage and Networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Able to work on a flexible schedule, which may be 24x5, 24x7, normal business hours, or may involve occasional weekend and evening work either on-call support or in other forms
• Analyse Business Requirements and Assess Impact With Existing Database Architecture
• Perform troubleshooting and diagnostic analysis of issues during production outages and provide resolution or workaround quickly to mitigate business impact. Help identify root cause
• Perform maintenance activities on the infrastructure during regular planned dates and during scheduled major maintenance weekends
• Collaboration with monitoring team for setup of meaningful alerting
• Perform above tasks while at the same time adhering to project policies as established by the client around incident, problem and change management and best practices
• Commit to learning objectives, proactively enrol for training, complete them within or outside working hours as requested

Your profile:

• This role requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as computer science, information technology, electronics engineering, or computer engineering
• It is desirable a minimum of 3 to 5 years of work experience· as a MongoDB DBA or in a similar role
• Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented methodologies, UML design techniques, event-driven architectures, and other design patterns
• Experience with an open-source development environment using tools such as Maven, Jenkins, Git, GIT CI
• Ability to troubleshoot, performance tune and understand memory & CPU utilization in code produced
• Experience with HTML, CSS & raw JavaScript
• Knowledge of Python would be an added advantage
• API maintenance & development
• Experience in supporting a multi platforms database environment with Oracle, MS SQL, Sybase, MongoDB, MySQL etc. on different OS platforms
• Should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills in PERL Scripting
• Strong self-sufficiency and initiative working on Database projects
• Ability to prioritize a wide range of workloads with critical deadlines
• Professional posture and can-do attitude
• Experience using Service Management Tools (e.g. ServiceNow)
• Desirable ITIL V3 certification or equivalent
• Fluent English language. German knowledge is an additional advantage

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 193 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.