MongoDB Database Administrator - Remote (Canada)

Delbridge Solutions is Growing

Delbridge Solutions is one of North America’s fastest-growing technology companies. With offices in Canada, USA, Europe, and Costa Rica, we provide world-class software solutions and implementation services for Performance Management, Data Management, Data Privacy, and Corporate Transformation Services. The majority of our clients are Fortune 1000 companies and trust Delbridge Solutions as a partner to support their business processes.

Who You Are

You are an experienced Software Engineer or a professional in related fields who will be supporting the development of our customers’ vision, accelerating the time to value, while driving a multitude of customer adoption scenarios - from building new solutions to modernizing legacy applications or migrating to the cloud. Our consulting solutions ensure that organizations get the best out of MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

What You Will Be Doing

• Build/Configure MongoDB replication and sharding.
• Implement appropriate indexes for performance improvement.
• Perform fine-tune configurations on MongoDB and servers for performance improvement.
• Implement optimal backup and recovery.
• Understand and optimize query performance.
• Create and publish database health checks to monitoring systems to identify slow queries; replication lags; node failures; index usage patterns; CPU usage; memory usage; locks; number of connections and any other relevant parameters.
• Evaluate, plan, and perform the DB upgrades.
• Maintenance during release/outage, etc.
• PostgreSQL administration including but not limited to:
  • Installation, configuration, and maintenance of PostgreSQL instances.
  • Monitoring and tuning PostgreSQL performance.
  • Implementing and managing PostgreSQL replication.
  • Backup and recovery strategies for PostgreSQL databases.
  • Database security and access control.
  • Managing PostgreSQL upgrades and patches.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Understanding of manual builds/management of MongoDB.
• Understanding of Ops Manager automation builds/management.
• Experience with design/implementation of MongoDB replica sets and shared clusters.
• Experience with database performance, scaling, and tuning concepts.
• Experience with PostgreSQL administration.
• Experience with other SQL and NoSQL database technologies (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MariaDB/MySQL, etc.) is preferred.
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working across multiple teams both within a division and enterprise-wide.
• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, facilitation, and prioritization skills.
• Strong technical acumen, able to ensure that technical solutions, strategies, practices, and governance deliver business and customer value.
• Development experience with one or more modern scripting/automation languages (Ansible, Python, etc.).

Success Measures

• Timeliness: Meeting project deadlines and delivering results in a timely manner to support decision-making processes and project milestones.
• Stakeholder Satisfaction: Soliciting feedback from stakeholders and incorporating it into future work to ensure satisfaction and alignment with business objectives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand requirements and deliver actionable insights through visualizations.
• Adaptability: Demonstrating adaptability to changing business needs and technological advancements in the field of data visualization and continuously updating skills and knowledge accordingly.

Why Delbridge Solutions:

As Delbridge Solutions grows, our leadership team is focused on:

• Fostering a collaborative environment because we believe that everyone here has a valuable contribution to make, that together we can develop a deeper understanding of our position in the market and the needs of our clients.
• Recognizing our people through quarterly rewards, performance bonuses, and accelerated career paths. Whether you want to move up in Professional Services, across to Project Management, or Solution Architect, Delbridge Solutions wants to give you the chance to prove yourself - and we will recognize and reward your efforts.
• If you want to join a fast-growing company that pivots based on market demand, Delbridge Solutions would love to start a conversation and learn more about you.

Additional Details:

• This is a 9-month contract position with the possibility of extension.
• Remote role located in Canada.