MongoDB DBA - US West Coverage [Talent Pool]
Job Description
This is an application for MongoDB DBA Talent Pool, covering America's West time zones, for when we do have an opening.
As a Remote DBA, you will troubleshoot and resolve customer issues related to DB systems availability and performance. You will develop relationships with customers, comprehend and fulfill their needs, and maintain their satisfaction through regular communication and engagement with their environments.
You will perform technical work that requires planning and scheduling to ensure the best possible solution is delivered on time. You will react on incidents and provide solutions aiming at maintained environments’ improvements.
You will work in a fast paced environment where we are responsible for companies’ most critical systems. Customers count on us to keep their MongoDB databases running and we are vital to the success of their business. You will work remotely; there is no central office, and most people work from their homes.
Occasional travel will be required for internal meetings. Access to a reliable high-speed internet connection is required.
Regular Work Schedule:
● Remote work from home
● Monday through Friday - various time zones available globally
● Team has an on-call schedule as well
Core hours: you will cover US West time zone, core hours 6:30 pm UTC - 12:30 am UTC, with the other 2 hours either before or after the core hours.
It is possible to take anyone from EST - PST for these hours if you are willing to cover the core hours.
What You Will Do:
- Participate in the management and operations of customer's MongoDB deployments
- Participate in and execute scheduled change management procedures
- Participate in the delivery of proactive tasks to improve the stability, performance, and fault tolerance of customer environments
- Participate in project planning and execution of database operations
- Contribute to the development of automation and monitoring software, and other essential tools and scripts
Your Experience
- 5 years experience with MongoDB technology, ideally in a customer-facing role OR 5+ years experience with distributed software administration coupled with reasonably high MongoDB knowledge
- Fluent English communication (native-level a bonus), primarily for customer interactions
- Ability to work remotely in the given timezone
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction
- Demonstrated ability to accept feedback from others
- Communicates clearly and professionally to convey confidence even when under pressure
- Ability to pass a required background check
What Will Make You Stand Out:
- Distributed database (especially MongoDB) expertise in all areas of implementation: installation, configuration, upgrades, tuning
- Strong skills in replication, sharding and backups techniques
- Production experience on Multiple datacenters, Large datasets
- Experience with Linux, FreeBSD distributions
- Experience with at least one major programming languages such as PHP, Java, Nodejs,
- Go, Python, Ruby, and/or any client application programming experience used in
- conjunction with MongoDB
- Networking, system administration, hardware, virtualization, containers, scripting,
- Kubernetes orchestration, I/O subsystems
- Ability to create and deliver presentations
- One or more of Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Vagrant, Consul, etc
Percona's Lifestyle
- Enjoy the freedom to work remotely from anywhere in the world!
- With top talent sourced globally, you will enjoy an international and culturally diverse team
- Flexibility in your working hours means you can prioritize your personal life, pursue hobbies, volunteer, and stay active
- The Percona Adventure Team: This team embarks on unforgettable journeys to breathtaking locations around the world for activities such as mountain climbing, hiking, white water rafting and more.
- Women Transforming Technology is a grassroots program committed to building a supportive community of women in technology. Their goals are to connect, empower and inspire women in all areas and levels of the organization.
- Flow days: Fridays at Percona are for focusing on finding your workflow. Meetings and distractions are limited on Fridays so you can focus on getting things done.
- FryDays: With Percona being so globally dispersed there are not many holidays that overlap for everyone. FryDays are four Fridays each year where everyone at Percona can unplug and enjoy the same 3-day weekend.
- Gain all of this and more by becoming a part of our organization!
Our internal programs include groups like:
Percona is a highly respected thought leader in the global open-source community. Our mission is to Keep Open Source Open. We provide services and software for MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL and MariaDB.
Percona is remote-only and globally dispersed – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.
Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and paid time off, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences) and the opportunity to participate in an equity incentive plan.
If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a go-to in the open-source database space, let’s talk!
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11/06/2023
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