Platform Database Engineer (MONGO DB)
Colombia - Remote
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Platform Database Engineer Location: Colombia – Remote About the Role
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What you’ll work on
Full postingThe Platform Database Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, administering, and optimizing MongoDB (Atlas and on‑premise) within a large-scale, cloud-based enterprise ecosystem.
Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non-Atlas environments
Design resiliency and disaster recovery, including backup, restore, and multi-region failover
Optimize database performance and query execution for application teams
Build infrastructure-as-code for database provisioning using Terraform and GitOps
Lead incident response and root cause analysis for database issues
From the employer’s posting
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.
Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non‑Atlas environments
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.
Lead incident response for database‑related issues, drive root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventative measures.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 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.
- Ability to participate in on‑call rotation and incident response.
Preferred experience
- Experience with Kafka, CDC, and enterprise data integration platforms.
- Familiarity with GitOps practices and infrastructure observability at enterprise scale.
Qualification wording
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.
Ability to participate in on‑call rotation and incident response.
Experience with Kafka, CDC, and enterprise data integration platforms.
Familiarity with GitOps practices and infrastructure observability at enterprise scale.
Tools in this posting
- Bash
- Python
- AWS
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- MongoDB
- Terraform
Source — Tool mentions in context
- Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, or equivalent observability platforms. - Strong Linux administration expertise and scripting skills (Python, Bash). - Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
- 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).
Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Kafka, CDC, and enterprise data integration platforms. - Familiarity with GitOps practices and infrastructure observability at enterprise scale.
- 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.
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
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.
- 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.
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).
- 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.
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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.
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