MongoDB Engineer
Permanent - Hybrid
Altrincham, Knutsford, Northwich, Macclesfield, Wilmslow
Join our client as a MongoDB Engineer, supporting the stability and performance of mission‑critical infrastructure that underpins large‑scale technology operations. In this hands‑on engineering role, you’ll leverage modern automation, infrastructure-as-code, and incident‑response best practices to ensure platforms remain reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a key opportunity to influence engineering standards, drive automation, and contribute to the resilience of enterprise-grade systems.
Duties of the MongoDB Engineer will include:
• Engineer, maintain, and optimise core infrastructure platforms supporting applications and data systems.
• Apply software engineering practices—including automation, reproducible configurations, and scripting—to strengthen system reliability and performance.
• Monitor system health, proactively identify issues, and resolve incidents to reduce disruption and minimise mean time to recovery.
• Implement secure configurations and contribute to controls that safeguard systems from vulnerabilities and threats.
• Develop automated processes (Ansible, CI/CD, scripting) to reduce manual effort and uplift operational efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with architects, product teams, and fellow engineers to design solutions aligned with business outcomes.
• Stay informed on emerging trends in infrastructure engineering, automation, databases, and reliability practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
To be successful in progressing with the MongoDB Engineer, your experience should include:
• Advanced working knowledge of MongoDB in enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience with Ansible for database or server configuration management.
• Exposure to DevOps tooling ie. Git, JIRA, and database‑focused CI/CD processes.
• Experience promoting or coaching Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices across teams or large organisations.
• Desirable to have practical experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Desirable to have scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages for automation and migration work.
• Desirable to understanding of risk, controls, change management, and operational governance in complex environments.
• Highly desirable to prior team leading skills or structured workstreams, setting clear objectives and coaching others to deliver against them.
Rewards & Benefits
• Competitive base salary with performance‑linked incentives.
• Flexible hybrid working model tailored to team needs.
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, health coverage, and wellbeing programmes.
• Clear development pathways including leadership training, technical certifications, and access to internal engineering communities.
• A collaborative environment that values ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Keywords
MongoDB Engineer, Database Engineer, SRE, Site Reliability Engineering, Ansible, GIT, JIRA, Automation Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps, CI/CD, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Containers, Platform Engineering, Systems Reliability, Infrastructure Automation, Enterprise Databases, Operational Engineering.
