About this role

Project description

The programme is building a resilient, secure, production-grade platform of Python backend services, REST APIs, asynchronous processing components and external integrations, backed by MongoDB and delivered through a React/TypeScript operational user interface with auditable operations and role-based enterprise user journeys. As a senior hands-on MongoDB specialist, you will engineer and support a resilient, secure and performant MongoDB capability for the platform. The role covers database architecture, operational data modelling, high availability, performance, security, recovery and integration with Python-based services.

Responsibilities

Own MongoDB solution design, configuration and production-readiness decisions.
Define document models, schema validation/versioning and data access patterns.
Engineer replica-set/cluster resilience, failover, backup, restore and recovery controls.
Optimise indexes and query performance using evidence-based diagnostics.
Implement RBAC, least privilege, encryption and auditable access controls.
Support monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, upgrades and incident resolution.
Partner with Python, platform, security and test teams to assure end-to-end operability.

Skills

Must have

Years of experience: 8+
Must have (strong production expertise):
Hands-on production MongoDB administration/engineering, configuration, upgrades and troubleshooting.
Replica sets/clusters, failover, recovery design and resilience testing.
Index design, explain plans, query/capacity tuning and slow-query diagnosis.
Python integration using PyMongo/Motor or similar.
Responsible use of AI coding/testing assistants (prompting, reviewing, validating and correcting AI output).
Ability to independently challenge design choices, make production-ready decisions and resolve complex database issues.

Nice to have

N/A

Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior

Gurugram, India

Req. VR-125970

Database Administration

BCM Industry

11/11/2026