Valtech
Platform Database Engineer
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
Employer listed it 7 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
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Full-time
Experience
Mid
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Software
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Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Argentina, Colombia.
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About the role
Platform Database Engineer
Location: Colombia – Remote
About the Role
The Platform Database Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, administering, and optimizing MongoDB (Atlas and on‑premise) within a large-scale, cloud-based enterprise ecosystem. This role blends deep database engineering expertise with SRE principles to ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and automation across mission‑critical data platforms.
What You Will Do
Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non‑Atlas environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
Design and enforce resiliency and disaster recovery strategies, including backup, restore, and multi‑region failover.
Optimize database performance and query execution to support application development teams throughout all SDLC phases.
Develop and manage infrastructure‑as‑code solutions (Terraform, GitOps) for database provisioning and automation.
Implement and refine observability and monitoring solutions using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and MongoDB native telemetry.
Manage access control, auditing, and encryption to meet enterprise security and compliance requirements.
Collaborate closely with application, DevOps, and platform teams to continuously improve reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
Lead incident response for database‑related issues, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventative measures.
Mentor and guide technical teams, contributing to documentation, standards, and design reviews.
Minimum Qualifications
4+ years of experience as a MongoDB DBA, including 4+ years administering MongoDB Atlas.
Strong experience with the AWS ecosystem (EC2, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, VPC, Lambda).
Proficiency in Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD automation, and containerized workloads (EKS/Kubernetes).
Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, or equivalent observability platforms.
Strong Linux administration expertise and scripting skills (Python, Bash).
Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
Ability to participate in on‑call rotation and incident response.
Travel requirement: <10%.
Preferred Qualifications
Requirements
- ·4+ years of experience as a MongoDB DBA, including 4+ years administering MongoDB Atlas.
- ·Strong experience with the AWS ecosystem (EC2, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, VPC, Lambda).
- ·Proficiency in Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD automation, and containerized workloads (EKS/Kubernetes).
- ·Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, or equivalent observability platforms.
- ·Strong Linux administration expertise and scripting skills (Python, Bash).
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Valtech, mentioning your remote working experience.
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