Overview
Database Administrator – Mongo Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa at Dimension Data
As a MONGODB database administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of MONGODB instances. You will also be responsible for orchestrating upgrades, backups, and provisioning of database instances. You will also work in tandem with the application teams, to ensure a stable and performant MONGODB environment. The instances are hosted in our AWS account.
Requirements
Managing installations and upgrades
Assisting Development Teams in designing and optimising systems
carrying out database administration tasks
Working with SECURITY team to manage access and compliance
Checking OS and Database logs
Do backups and restores as requested
Do regular disaster recovery trials
Profile server resource usage, optimise and tweak as necessary
Regularly review AD groups to make sure membership is still valid
Provide output to internal and external auditors as requested
Implement encryption and data masking options where required
Grant permission to servers and databases in conjunction with standards as per security team
Review DBMS software licenses for compliance as well as opportunities to reduce costs.
Resolve incidents
To research, assess and implement new features of MONGODB
Troubleshoot and support on DBA issues
Perform change management tasks to push data changes to various systems in the enterprise
Identifies new opportunities for optimization, budgeting, and hiring
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required
4 years of experience managing MONGODB environment
4 years of experience with MONGODB ENTERPRISE edition with OPS MANAGER
Working on Linux servers (not necessary as an ADMIN)
Strong proficiency in performance tuning
Strong proficiency in backup/restore techniques
Strong proficiency in Linux operating system and scripts developments
Experience working with AWS infrastructures services (EC2, S3)
Title: Database Administrator – Mongo
Company: Dimension Data
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech (Systems Administrator, Database Administrator)
