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.

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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.

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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
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📌 Platform Database Engineer (Colombia)
🏢 Valtech
📍 Colombia