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MongoDB Atlas is the premier multi-cloud database-as-a-service built and operated by the makers of MongoDB. The Cloud Operations Engineering team at MongoDB is a worldwide team responsible for the consistent operational success of every MongoDB Atlas customer. As a Cloud Operations Engineer, you will help ensure the success of our Atlas customers, whether they are early startups or large multinational companies, cloud-native or just getting started with a digital transformation to the cloud. You are excited about the core mission of MongoDB, and the opportunity to join the team responsible for operating Atlas, the fastest-growing multi-cloud database-as-a-service in the world. You are prepared to be one of the early members of a 24/7/365 global cloud operations team. Cloud Operations Engineers will be responsible for day-to-day duties such as creating and monitoring system’s alert dashboards, reviewing critical events and system logs, accessing customer instances that underpin their production databases and performing server administration duties including performance troubleshooting. Applicants must be critical thinkers who are quick to detect, resolve, or escalate issues that are sometimes broad in scope and difficult to trace. At MongoDB you will grow your career and skills, wear multiple hats, and be part of an operations team that works at the frontier of Cloud services and database systems.
Responsibilities
- Successfully coordinate and collaborate with a global team of Cloud Operations Engineers who are tasked with ensuring our uptime guarantees to our Atlas customer base
- Help scale the worldwide Cloud Operations Engineering team with the strategic implementation and refinement of new processes and tools
- Assist in scoping, designing and deploying systems that reduce Mean Time to Resolve for customer incidents
- Monitor and detect emerging customer-facing incidents on the Atlas platform; assist in their proactive resolution
- Automate routine monitoring and troubleshooting tasks
- Diagnose live incidents, differentiate between platform issues versus usage issues, and take the next steps toward resolution
- Assist in performing root cause analysis after incident recovered; identifying any breakdowns in processes or workflows that contributed to the event and what changes need to be made to prevent similar events
- Contribute to documentation of corner case scenarios, troubleshooting workflows and SOPs
- Work alongside our product management, cloud engineering and support organizations by identifying areas for improvement in the management applications powering the Atlas infrastructure
- Inform executive leadership and escalation management personnel of major outages
- Coordinate and participate in a weekly on-call rotation, where you will handle short term customer incidents (proactively from automated monitoring or through reactive alerts via our Technical Services team)
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience with being an on call DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Operations engineer (at least 2 years)
- Expertise with Linux system administration, configuration, troubleshooting
- Experience in monitoring, system performance data collection and analysis, and reporting
- Knowledge of database operations and concepts
- Expertise with networking technologies like DNS, TCP/IP, etc.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and other Cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure)
- Knowledgeable about a wide range of web and internet technologies
- Capability to write small programs/scripts to solve both short-term systems problems
- A CS/CE degree or equivalent experience
- At least 1 of the following programming languages: Java, Go, Python, Javascript
- A keen interest in learning new things
Special Requirements
- Be a US Citizen
NICE TO HAVE
- MongoDB
- Splunk
- Kubernetes
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary, equity, pension and health insurance
- Regular performance, compensation and development reviews
- 20 weeks Maternity & Paternity leave to spend time with new arrivals
ABOUT MONGODB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.
MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
COMPENSATION
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is: $90,000—$176,000 USD
INTRODUCTION
MongoDB Atlas is the premier multi-cloud database-as-a-service built and operated by the makers of MongoDB. The Cloud Operations Engineering team at MongoDB is a worldwide team responsible for the consistent operational success of every MongoDB Atlas customer. As a Cloud Operations Engineer, you will help ensure the success of our Atlas customers, whether they are early startups or large multinational companies, cloud-native or just getting started with a digital transformation to the cloud. You are excited about the core mission of MongoDB, and the opportunity to join the team responsible for operating Atlas, the fastest-growing multi-cloud database-as-a-service in the world. You are prepared to be one of the early members of a 24/7/365 global cloud operations team. Cloud Operations Engineers will be responsible for day-to-day duties such as creating and monitoring system’s alert dashboards, reviewing critical events and system logs, accessing customer instances that underpin their production databases and performing server administration duties including performance troubleshooting. Applicants must be critical thinkers who are quick to detect, resolve, or escalate issues that are sometimes broad in scope and difficult to trace. At MongoDB you will grow your career and skills, wear multiple hats, and be part of an operations team that works at the frontier of Cloud services and database systems.
Responsibilities
- Successfully coordinate and collaborate with a global team of Cloud Operations Engineers who are tasked with ensuring our uptime guarantees to our Atlas customer base
- Help scale the worldwide Cloud Operations Engineering team with the strategic implementation and refinement of new processes and tools
- Assist in scoping, designing and deploying systems that reduce Mean Time to Resolve for customer incidents
- Monitor and detect emerging customer-facing incidents on the Atlas platform; assist in their proactive resolution
- Automate routine monitoring and troubleshooting tasks
- Diagnose live incidents, differentiate between platform issues versus usage issues, and take the next steps toward resolution
- Assist in performing root cause analysis after incident recovered; identifying any breakdowns in processes or workflows that contributed to the event and what changes need to be made to prevent similar events
- Contribute to documentation of corner case scenarios, troubleshooting workflows and SOPs
- Work alongside our product management, cloud engineering and support organizations by identifying areas for improvement in the management applications powering the Atlas infrastructure
- Inform executive leadership and escalation management personnel of major outages
- Coordinate and participate in a weekly on-call rotation, where you will handle short term customer incidents (proactively from automated monitoring or through reactive alerts via our Technical Services team)
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience with being an on call DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Operations engineer (at least 2 years)
- Expertise with Linux system administration, configuration, troubleshooting
- Experience in monitoring, system performance data collection and analysis, and reporting
- Knowledge of database operations and concepts
- Expertise with networking technologies like DNS, TCP/IP, etc.
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and other Cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure)
- Knowledgeable about a wide range of web and internet technologies
- Capability to write small programs/scripts to solve both short-term systems problems
- A CS/CE degree or equivalent experience
- At least 1 of the following programming languages: Java, Go, Python, Javascript
- A keen interest in learning new things
Special Requirements
- Be a US Citizen
NICE TO HAVE
- MongoDB
- Splunk
- Kubernetes
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary, equity, pension and health insurance
- Regular performance, compensation and development reviews
- 20 weeks Maternity & Paternity leave to spend time with new arrivals
ABOUT MONGODB
MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.
MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
COMPENSATION
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
MongoDB’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is: $90,000—$176,000 USD
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Cloud Operations Engineer
Confirm your role qualifies for STEM OPT
Cloud Operations Engineer positions typically fall under CIP codes for computer science or information technology. Verify your degree matches before applying so you can confidently pursue the 24-month STEM OPT extension without surprises at onboarding.
Target employers with active cloud infrastructure teams
Companies running large-scale AWS, Azure, or GCP environments hire cloud ops engineers regularly and are familiar with OPT authorization. These teams have established onboarding for international hires and are less likely to be confused by your work authorization status.
Get your certifications before job searching
AWS Solutions Architect, Google Associate Cloud Engineer, or Azure Administrator credentials signal job-readiness to hiring managers. Certified candidates on OPT close faster because employers see lower risk. One relevant certification can offset visa sponsorship hesitation significantly.
Be upfront about your OPT timeline and STEM extension
Tell recruiters your current OPT end date and that you qualify for a 24-month STEM extension. Many hiring managers assume OPT means 12 months total. Correcting that assumption early prevents unnecessary rejections based on timeline misunderstanding.
Emphasize hands-on cloud experience in your application
List specific tools, platforms, and incident response experience in your resume. Cloud ops roles are skills-driven. Employers willing to work with OPT students want proof you can contribute immediately, not after months of onboarding and training.
Focus on companies already sponsoring H-1B visas
Employers who regularly file H-1B petitions understand long-term visa pathways and are more comfortable hiring on OPT as a first step. This signals they view international hiring as normal, not exceptional, which makes the OPT conversation much easier.
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Can I work as a Cloud Operations Engineer on F-1 OPT?
Yes. Cloud Operations Engineer roles align directly with computer science and information technology degree programs, which makes them eligible for standard 12-month OPT and, in most cases, the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Your degree field and CIP code determine STEM eligibility, so confirm both with your designated school official before applying.
Does a Cloud Operations Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Most do. Cloud Operations Engineer positions are typically classified under SOC codes tied to computer and information systems occupations, and the underlying degree programs are almost always on the STEM OPT eligible list. Your employer must also be enrolled in E-Verify to approve the extension, so check that requirement early in the hiring process.
How do I find Cloud Operations Engineer jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for OPT-eligible candidates, so you can search Cloud Operations Engineer roles without sorting through employers who won't consider international students. Most general job boards don't filter by work authorization type, which wastes significant time during an already tight OPT window.
What should I know about the 60-day grace period if I'm between cloud ops jobs?
If your Cloud Operations Engineer role ends before your OPT period expires, you have a 60-day grace period to find new employment. You cannot work during this window, but you can interview and accept offers. If you don't secure a new position within 60 days, your F-1 status terminates, so prioritize your search immediately after your last day.
Do Cloud Operations Engineers typically get H-1B sponsorship after OPT?
Many do, particularly at mid-size and large technology companies where cloud infrastructure is core to the business. Cloud ops is a technical, specialized role that generally satisfies H-1B specialty occupation requirements. The path is most reliable at employers who already file H-1B petitions regularly, since they have established legal and HR processes for the transition.
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