Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

Mid-level (2-5 years)

English

Hard Skills

MongoDB Terraform MongoDB Kubernetes Scripting Observability Prometheus (Software) Site Reliability Engineering High Availability Design Containerization +26 more

Other Skills

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Communication
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Analytical Skills
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Teamwork
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Mentorship

Roles & Responsibilities

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

Requirements:

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

Kin + Carta

Information Technology & Services

About Kin + Carta

Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation consultancy committed to working alongside our clients to build a world that works better for everyone. Our 1,700 curious minds make creative connections between people, data and technology to create connected outcomes across the full lifecycle of the product and platform ecosystems.We’re makers, builders and creators by nature, and we come to work every day to build experiences for some of the world’s most influential companies. We help businesses accelerate their digital roadmap, rapidly innovate, modernize their systems, enable their teams and optimize for continued growth. We’re a technology business with trust and human connection at its heart. As a Certified B Corp, our triple bottom line focus on people, the planet and profit is at the core of everything we do.

Company type: Large

Industry: Information Technology & Services

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 5000

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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.