Valtech

Platform Database Engineer

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6 months ago
Remote, ArgentinaMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Architect, implement, and maintain MongoDB Atlas and non-Atlas environments for 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 for application development teams across the SDLC.
  • Develop and manage infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform and GitOps for database provisioning and automation.
  • Implement and refine observability and monitoring using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and MongoDB native telemetry.
  • Manage access control, auditing, and encryption for enterprise security and compliance.
  • Collaborate with application, DevOps, and platform teams to improve reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
  • Lead database-related incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventative actions.
  • Mentor and guide technical teams and contribute to documentation, standards, and design reviews.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of experience as a MongoDB DBA, including at least 4 years administering MongoDB Atlas.
  • Strong experience with AWS, including EC2, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, VPC, and Lambda.
  • Proficiency with Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD automation, and containerized workloads using EKS/Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, or equivalent observability platforms.
  • Strong Linux administration expertise and scripting skills in Python and Bash.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Ability to participate in on-call rotation and incident response.
  • Preferred experience with Kafka, CDC, and enterprise data integration platforms.
  • Preferred familiarity with GitOps practices and infrastructure observability at enterprise scale.

Benefits

  • Remote position based in Colombia.
  • Travel requirement of less than 10%.
  • Participation in an on-call rotation.

Tech Stack

Categories

DevOpsSite Reliability
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About Valtech

5,001-10,000 employees

Valtech provides digital consulting and engineering services to large enterprises, delivering customer experience design, commerce platforms, data/AI solutions, and transformation programs. It works across sectors such as retail, financial services, manufacturing, mobility, health, and travel, offering strategy, design, build, and managed services. Founded in 1993, Valtech is a global company privately held under Kharis Capital.

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