Platform Database Engineer

Location: US 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.

Valtech is a global experience innovation company that has been reshaping the digital landscape since its inception in 1993. With a mission to help businesses thrive in an ever-evolving digital world, Valtech combines creativity, technology, and data analytics to deliver exceptional experiences for its clients and their customers. The company prides itself on empowering brands to go beyond traditional boundaries, enhancing customer interactions through innovative solutions and tailored strategies.

Operating with a workforce of over 5,000 employees spread across 80+ offices in more than 25 countries, Valtech fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. The company's key offerings encompass experience elevation, commerce acceleration, enterprise transformation, marketing creativity & performance, and a thorough understanding of the data and AI revolution. By partnering with leading brands across various industries, Valtech focuses on delivering highly customized solutions designed to maximize business impact and elevate the consumer experience.

Platform Database Engineer (MONGO DB)