Senior Cloud DB Architect: PostgreSQL & MongoDB

Tap Payments; Colombia; A distancia; COP 9.000.000 - 15.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tap Payments is seeking an experienced Database professional to design, operate, and optimize both relational and NoSQL databases across cloud platforms, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and performance. You will collaborate with DevOps and data teams to enable scalable data architectures for PayTech systems.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on database experience, proficiency with AWS RDS/Aurora and MongoDB Atlas, and IaC tooling like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Formación

• 8+ years hands-on database administration or cloud data infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of PayTech systems and data flows, including latency-sensitive architecture.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Familiar with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for provisioning cloud data environments.
• Experience with monitoring and performance tuning using relevant tools.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze, design, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases across cloud platforms (AWS RDS, Aurora, MongoDB Atlas, OCI).
• Provision, configure, and manage databases using DBaaS tooling.
• Monitor performance and availability using native and third‑party tools.
• Define and manage parameter groups, read replicas, and scaling in DBaaS environments.
• Implement automated backup strategies and cross-region replication for HA/DR.
• Ensure data encryption at rest and in transit with KMS or CMKs.
• Control and audit database access using IAM roles, VPC security, and fine-grained permissions.
• Optimize cost and performance using DBaaS features like auto-scaling and indexing.
• Implement alerts, health checks, and slow query logs for observability.
• Ensure PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2 compliance through managed features and audits.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Data Engineering on CI/CD for database changes.
• Manage schema migrations with Liquibase, Flyway, or Alembic.

Conocimientos

DBaaS platforms

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Terraform

CloudFormation

Performance monitoring

Prometheus Grafana

Security compliance PCI DSS

English proficiency

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Herramientas

AWS RDS

Aurora

MongoDB Atlas

OCI Autonomous DB

CloudWatch

Descripción del empleo

Tap Payments is seeking an experienced Database professional to design, operate, and optimize both relational and NoSQL databases across cloud platforms, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and performance. You will collaborate with DevOps and data teams to enable scalable data architectures for PayTech systems.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on database experience, proficiency with AWS RDS/Aurora and MongoDB Atlas, and IaC tooling like Terraform or CloudFormation.