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Phenom People Pvt Ltd

Database Administrator II

Phenom People Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Software Development · 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 29
dba Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time India
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About the role

Manage and optimize large-scale MongoDB production clusters, including replica sets, sharding, and high availability. Perform database performance tuning, disaster recovery, and automate operations using infrastructure-as-code tools.

What they look for

MongoDB Database Administration Replica Sets Sharding Performance Tuning Backup and Recovery AWS Linux Terraform SaltStack Python Bash Grafana Prometheus PostgreSQL CloudWatch

Requirements

Requires 4+ years of database administration experience with strong hands-on expertise in MongoDB. Candidates must have proficiency in Linux troubleshooting, AWS environments, and database monitoring tools.

Full description

Job Requirements n Senior Database Administrator (DBA II) with strong expertise in MongoDB to manage highly available, large-scale production database environments.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience with MongoDB administration, performance tuning, replication, sharding, backup/recovery, security, monitoring, and automation. Experience with Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and other distributed databases is an added advantage.

What You'll Do

  • Manage and optimize large-scale MongoDB production clusters.
  • Administer Replica Sets, Sharding, Failover, Replication, and High Availability.
  • Perform query, index, aggregation pipeline, and database performance tuning.
  • Own backup, Point-in-Time Recovery, disaster recovery, and RTO/RPO processes.
  • Implement MongoDB security, RBAC, authentication, auditing, and access controls.
  • Monitor database health and performance using Grafana, Prometheus, PMM, and CloudWatch.
  • Troubleshoot critical production database issues and perform RCA.
  • Automate database operations using Terraform, SaltStack, Python/Bash scripting, and related tools.
  • Support other database technologies including Aurora PostgreSQL, Cassandra, ClickHouse, and Elasticsearch.

What We're Looking For

  • 4+ years of Database Administration experience.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in MongoDB administration.
  • Experience managing large-scale production MongoDB environments.
  • Strong knowledge of Replica Sets, Sharding, Indexing, Query Optimization, Backup/Recovery, HA/DR, and Security.
  • Strong Linux troubleshooting and AWS experience.
  • Experience with database monitoring and automation.

Good to Have

  • Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL.
  • Cassandra, ClickHouse, or Elasticsearch.
  • Terraform and SaltStack.
  • AWS DMS, Debezium, and CDC.
  • MongoDB-to-PostgreSQL migration experience.

Key Technology Stack

Primary: MongoDB

Secondary: Aurora PostgreSQL

Additional: Cassandra, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch

Cloud: AWS

Automation/Monitoring: Terraform, SaltStack, Grafana, Prometheus, PMM, CloudWatch

Why Phenom?

Join Phenom to build and operate large-scale, cloud-native database platforms powering millions of talent interactions while solving complex scalability, performance, and reliability challenges

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