Platform Database Engineer

Valtech; United States; Remote; USD 3,700 - 7,400; Full time

Job summary

Valtech seeks a Platform Database Engineer to design, deploy, administer, and optimize MongoDB across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will blend database engineering with SRE practices to ensure performance, reliability, and automation in a large enterprise ecosystem.

You will architect MongoDB Atlas and non‑Atlas deployments, implement disaster recovery, and drive performance improvements. Collaboration with DevOps and platform teams will be essential for operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a MongoDB DBA, including Atlas administration.
• Strong experience with AWS services (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.
• Linux administration and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to participate in on‑call rotation and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non‑Atlas environments.
• Design resiliency and disaster recovery strategies including backup and multi‑region failover.
• Optimize database performance to support development teams throughout SDLC.
• Develop and manage infrastructure‑as‑code solutions for provisioning and automation.
• Implement observability and monitoring using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and MongoDB telemetry.
• Manage access control, auditing, and encryption for security compliance.
• Collaborate with application/DevOps/platform teams to improve reliability and performance.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and preventive actions.
• Mentor teams and contribute to documentation and design reviews.

Skills

MongoDB DBA

AWS ecosystem

Terraform

GitOps

CI/CD automation

Kubernetes

Observability

Linux scripting

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Dynatrace

Prometheus

GitOps

Job description

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

• Experience with Kafka, CDC, and enterprise data integration platforms.
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and infrastructure observability at enterprise scale.