MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer

GCS Ltd
Knutsford, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Knutsford, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Build Automation
Databases
Shard (Database Architecture)
Python
MongoDB
Reliability Engineering
Ansible
Test Driven Development

Job description

Are you a MongoDB expert ready to step into a true engineering role? Join a global team modernising a large-scale database estate and move beyond repetitive DBA work.

What You'll Do

Own MongoDB operations end-to-end (clusters, sharding, replica sets, backups).

Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across L1-L3.

Build automation using Python, Ansible, TDD, Agile.

Improve observability with better monitoring, alerting, and performance insights.

Reduce toil by engineering tools and automation that transform the platform.

Requirements

Deep MongoDB administration expertise.

Strong experience with Ops Manager and backup tooling.

Solid troubleshooting and production support capability.

SRE fundamentals and an automation-first mindset.

Hands-on Python and Ansible experience.

Observability experience (monitoring, alerting, dashboards).

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