Senior SQL & MongoDB Atlas DBA | AI‑Driven Ops

Optum Philippines; Manila; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum Philippines is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to administer enterprise SQL Server, Azure SQL, and MongoDB Atlas environments. You will ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and optimal performance across production workloads with automation and AI-driven improvements.

The role requires 8+ years in MS SQL Server, 2+ years with MongoDB Atlas, and proficiency in T-SQL/PowerShell. On-call rotations and collaboration on architecture reviews are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, information technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience in production environments (2012–2025 and Azure SQL).
• 2+ years of MongoDB or MongoDB Atlas administration experience in enterprise production environments.
• 2+ years of experience in programming using T-SQL and PowerShell for data transformation and infrastructure automation.
• Ability to participate in rotational on-call support.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise SQL Server, Azure SQL, MongoDB environments.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and optimal database performance.
• Lead administration and ownership of MongoDB Atlas environments across production workloads.
• Design, deploy, and manage MongoDB Atlas Projects, Clusters, Private Endpoints, Backups, and DR configurations.
• Serve as SME for MongoDB Atlas architecture, including replica sets, sharding, multi-region deployments.
• Participate in architecture reviews and drive automation and AI-driven improvements.
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
• Comply with employment terms and company policies.

Skills

MS SQL Server

MongoDB

T‑SQL

PowerShell

Azure SQL

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Azure SQL

MongoDB Atlas

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Optum Philippines is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to administer enterprise SQL Server, Azure SQL, and MongoDB Atlas environments. You will ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and optimal performance across production workloads with automation and AI-driven improvements.

The role requires 8+ years in MS SQL Server, 2+ years with MongoDB Atlas, and proficiency in T-SQL/PowerShell. On-call rotations and collaboration on architecture reviews are expected.