Platform Engineer: MongoDB & PostgreSQL Reliability

Virtusa; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa seeks a Technology Engineer to own end-to-end technical authority for Open Source databases, PostgreSQL and MongoDB. You will drive standards, automation, monitoring, and capacity planning while aligning with the platform owner to maintain roadmap-driven operational efficiency.

You will stay up-to-date with product releases and research features to backlog, ensuring performance is preserved as applications evolve in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in PostgreSQL administration and architecture.
• Strong MongoDB administration and topology knowledge.
• Experience with HA, clustering, and backup/restore.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux environments.
• Familiar with Agile development and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Own platform standards and enforce best practices.
• Lead automation, monitoring, and capacity planning initiatives.
• Research new features and backlogs for relevant products.
• Collaborate with platform owner to maintain roadmap and operational efficiency.
• Ensure PostgreSQL and MongoDB performance; oversee upgrades and patching.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQL & PL/pgSQL

Unix/Linux

Agile practices

Performance tuning

Backup/restore

Monitoring

Replication/Clustering

Security practices

Automation scripting (Bash/Python)

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Ops Manager

Job description

Virtusa seeks a Technology Engineer to own end-to-end technical authority for Open Source databases, PostgreSQL and MongoDB. You will drive standards, automation, monitoring, and capacity planning while aligning with the platform owner to maintain roadmap-driven operational efficiency.

You will stay up-to-date with product releases and research features to backlog, ensuring performance is preserved as applications evolve in an agile environment.