Technical Mongo Database Lead - Remote

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. 

Job Description

The Expert leads the design and implementations associated with database administration and management. The individual manages software releases, minimizing incident/problem impacts to the enterprise, and implementing new solutions are also responsibilities of the position.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as an expert and guides others in the resolution of the most complex incidents and problems

• Leads architecture discussions around design, data integration, recoverability and resiliency and leads complex discussions with users on large database designs

• Analyzes complex queries tuning, statistics, and performance of subsystem, CPU, IO, and memory

• Leads additional research into technology that provides improved resiliency and recovery of databases

• Creates operational agreements with other infrastructure support areas

• Designs database maintenance and upgrade processes and provides incident/problem management support

• Designs, writes, and teaches full classes on complex topics; may include Road show and Technology/Development sessions with clients

Education

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

• 7 or more years of experience with the below skills (Preferred)

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure MongoDB databases, including MongoDB Atlas.

• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning of database systems.

• Deploy and manage database solutions on AWS and Azure cloud platforms.

• Utilize Terraform for infrastructure as code to automate deployments.

• Develop and maintain Python scripts for database automation tasks.

• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to proactively address potential issues.

• Provide mentorship, guidance and coaching to senior and lead level team members.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (in lieu)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), ATLAS.ti, Database Administration, Database Design, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Database Performance, Data Modeling, IT Leadership, Microsoft Azure, MongoDB, Python (Programming Language), Script Programming, Terraform, Terraform on Microsoft Azure

Compensation

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.  

You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. 

Good Hands. Greater Together.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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