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# MongoDB Engineer & Administrator (Remote)

- **Company:** OXLEY ENTERPRISES INC
- **Location:** Stafford, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $81,284.0 - $116,894.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Shard (Database Architecture), EHealth, Key Management, MongoDB, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Role-Based Access Control, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Hashicorp, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ec9815f30a7e3eea

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Vulnerability scanning implementation?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Minimum/General Experience: 3 years of experience administering MongoDB Enterprise Advanced in production cloud environments

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information technology, or related field; MongoDB Certified DBA Associate (preferred), * Excellent experience administering MongoDB Enterprise Advanced including replica sets, sharding, performance tuning, index optimization, and capacity planning at enterprise scale

 * Excellent knowledge of MongoDB backup and recovery including scheduled snapshots, point-in-time recovery, and restoration validation
 * Excellent experience with MongoDB security including encryption at rest and in transit, RBAC, field-level encryption, and integration with HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager
 * Excellent ability to manage MongoDB in containerized Kubernetes/EKS environments including stateful workload management and persistent volume configuration
 * Excellent experience with MongoDB monitoring
 * Above average ability to configure alerting for performance degradation, storage thresholds, and replication lag
 * Above average experience implementing MongoDB as part of event-driven architectures integrating with Kafka/MSK for scheduling and healthcare data pipelines
 * Above average knowledge of vulnerability scanning and remediation for MongoDB
 * Experience supporting a federal agency
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills

## Description

Own the data tier of one of VA's most complex cloud platforms. As the MongoDB EngineerAdministrator, you will manage MongoDB Enterprise Advanced instances supporting mission-critical scheduling, telehealth, and digital health applications., Position Description: The MongoDB EngineerAdministrator manages all aspects of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced across production, staging, and sandbox environments including performance tuning, backup and recovery, encryption, secrets management, and vendor coordination., * Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

 * Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
 * Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
 * Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Security: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance

 * U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:

 * Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
 * OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
 * DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
 * National Agency Check (NAC) records
 * FBI name check
 * FBI fingerprint check
 * Credit report check
 * Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
 * Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
 * Law enforcement check
 * Court records check
 * Education check - Attendance and Degrees

Acceptable Credentials

Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:

 * Administers all MongoDB Enterprise Advanced instances across production, staging, and sandbox environments
 * Manages MongoDB performance including query optimization, index management, and capacity planning
 * Identifies performance degradation before it impacts platform services
 * Implements and maintains MongoDB backup policies ensuring 15-minute snapshots retained 7 days, daily snapshots retained 30 days, and monthly snapshots retained 60 days with retrieval times not exceeding 1 minute
 * Implements and operates MongoDB secrets management through HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager
 * Ensures automated rotation for 100% of credentials where supported and manual rotation at least every 90 days
 * Ensures all MongoDB configuration is provisioned through approved Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (e.g., Terraform)
 * Prohibits manual production changes except through approved break-glass procedures
 * Supports daily Change Control Board (CCB) meetings for MongoDB-related changes
 * Ensures all production changes execute within government-approved windows with documented backout plans
 * Supports the Scheduling Event Bus by providing MongoDB data tier design and operational support for event-driven workloads
 * Coordinates with the Vulnerability Analyst and Security team to conduct and remediate MongoDB vulnerability scans
 * Ensures versions remain on approved releases with no end-of-life software in production
 * Contributes MongoDB metrics, incident reports, and performance data to the Monthly Maintenance Report


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