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MongoDB Administrator

Administers and tunes MongoDB clusters, sharding, replication and performance.

Experience level: IntermediateCoding level: MediumTechnical difficulty: 75/100

Administers and tunes MongoDB clusters, sharding, replication and performance.

Entry

Intermediate

Coding

Medium

Key skills

MongoDB administrationSharding & replica setsIndexing & aggregationPerformance tuning
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Career overview

The MongoDB Administrator runs MongoDB clusters: deployment, sharding, replica sets, indexing, performance tuning, backup and security. MongoDB is the leading document database for modern applications. The role leads to NoSQL DBA, Database Engineer or Database Architect positions.

Main responsibilities

  • Administer and tune MongoDB clusters
  • Tune queries, indexes and execution plans
  • Manage database users, roles and auditing
  • Plan and run version upgrades and migrations
  • Design and verify backup and restore procedures
  • Monitor platform health, alerts and dashboards
  • Build high availability and disaster recovery setups
  • Prepare and execute change requests in production
  • Keep technical documentation up to date
  • Automate recurring tasks with scripts

Technical skills

MongoDB administration90%
Sharding & replica sets85%
Indexing & aggregation82%
Performance tuning80%
Backup & restore78%
Security78%
Linux72%
Scripting (Python/JS)70%

Technologies

MongoDBMongoDB AtlasReplica SetsShardingCompassmongoshLinuxPythonJavaScriptAnsibleTerraformGitPrometheusGrafanaDockerKubernetesAWSOps ManagerPercona Backup

Education level

Education requirements vary depending on the company, country and experience. Professional experience, certifications and technical skills can sometimes compensate for formal education.

High School / Bac

Less common

Bac+2 (2-year degree)

Less common

Bac+3 (Bachelor)

Common entry point

Bac+5 (Master / Engineering)

Common entry point

Experience & coding level

Experience level

Entry LevelJuniorIntermediateSeniorExpert

Coding level

No codingLowMediumHighVery High
Technical difficulty75%

Useful certifications

Certifications are never mandatory. They are one way among others to prove a skill.

  • MongoDB Certified DBA
  • MongoDB Associate Developer
  • AWS Certified Database

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Skills to learn: Database engineering, Schema & data modelling, Automation (Terraform/Ansible)

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  1. MongoDB Administrator
  2. NoSQL DBA
  3. Database Engineer
  4. Database Reliability Engineer
  5. Database Architect
  6. Enterprise Architect
Soft skills
  • Rigour and attention to detail
  • Problem solving
  • Analytical thinking
  • Technical curiosity
  • Clear communication
  • Sense of ownership

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